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NATCHITOCHES,  LA  : 
IMFRLMERIE  DU  "  TIMES,"— LOUIS  DrPLEIX,  PROFEIET^IRE. 


No.  1.]  AN  ACT 

To  appropriate  tbe  sum  oF  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  to   pay  the 
expenses  of  the  extra  session  of   the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Louisiana. 
Be  it  enacted  hj  the  Senate  and  IIo7tse  of  Representatives  of  the  Stale 
of  Louisiana,  in  General  Assembly  convened;  That  the  sum  of  twenty- 
live  thousand  dollarp,    or  so  much  thereof   as  may  be  necessary,  bo 
and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  out  of  any  funds  in   the  Trea- 
sury not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  pay  tlie  contingent  expenses  of 
the  extra  session  of  the  General  Assembly  of  tl:e  State  of  Louisiana, 
and  that  this  act  take  effect  from  and  after  its  passage 

(Signed.)  AUULPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives.    ' 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  December  26th,  1SG2. 

(Signed)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana. 
A  true  copy, 

P.  D.  Eardy, 

Secretary  of  State. 


[No.  2.  AN  ACT 

Relative  to  the  Prescription  of  Actions  of  Debt  and  Damag'es. 

Sec.  1.  Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  ths 

Suspension  of  State   of  Louisiana,    in  General   Assemhly   convened;    That    all    laws 

actions    for      providing  for  the  prescription  of  actions  of  debt  and  damages,  and 

debts,  &c.         |-Qj.    |-]jg    prescription    of   mortgages   and   privileges    to  secure  the 

payment  of  sums  of  money,    and   the   faithful   performance  of  all 

fiduciaries  and  trusts,  shall    be  suspended    until  one  year   after  the 

ratification  of  a  treaty  of  peace  between  the  Confederate  States  and 

the  United  States. 

Sec.  2,  Be  it  further  enacted,   S/c,  That  this  act  take  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  December  29th,  18G2. 

(Signed.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana. 
A  true  copy, 

P.  D.  Hardy, 
-Secretary  of  Slate. 


•^trxts 


No  1.]  ACTE 

Allouaiit  la  somme  de  vinprt^cinq  niille  piastres  pour  payer  les 
depenses  de  la  Session  Extraordinaire  de  I'Asscmblec  Gentirale 
de  I'Etat  do  la  Louisiane. 

II  est  dicr6l6  par  le  S^nat  et  la  Chamhre  des  Represent  ants  de 
VEtat  de  la  Louisiane,  reunis  en  Assemblee  G^nirah;  Que  la  sera  me 
de  vingtcinq  mille  piastres,  ou  autant  qu'il  en  sera  necessaire,  est 
par  le  pri'sent  allouee  de  tons  fonds  dans  le  tresor,  non  autrement 
afl'cctes  pour  payer  les  dopenscs  casuelles  de  la  session  extraordi- 
naire de  I'Assemblee  GtniJrale  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane,  et  que  cat 
acte  aura  force  de  loi  a  dater  de  sa  passation. 

(Signd.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  Chaml»re  des  Ropnisentants. 
HENRY  M.  HYAM8, 
Lieutenant  Gouverneur  et  cx-oCBcio  Fiiisident  du  Senat. 

Approuve  le  26  dccembre,  1862. 

(Signci.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouverneur  dc  I'Ei^ot  dc  la  Louisiane. 
Pour  copie  conforme, 

P.  D.  Hardy,  Secretaire  d'Etat. 


No.  2.1  ACTE 

Relatif  a  la  prescription  des  proces  pour  dettes  et  dommages. 

Section  L  //  est  d^critk  par  le  Stnat  et  la  Chamhre  des  Reprbsentants 
de  VEtal  de  la  Louisiane  reunis  en  Assemblde  Gdn^rnle;  Que  loutes  lois      Proccs  nour 
pour  la  prescription    des  proces  pour  dettes   et  dommages,  et  pour  jpttes.  <tc. 
la  prescription  des  liypotlieques,    et  du  paiement  d'argent,    et  poiir  eu^pendua. 
raccomplissemont    des    obligations  de  depositaires,    seront  suspen- 
diies  jusqu'ii  un   an   apros   un   trail d  de   paix  fait  entre   les  Etata 
Confdddrds  et  les  Etats^Unis. 

Sec.  27.  11  est  de  plus  decri'fc,  &c.,  Que  cot  acte  aura  force  de  loi  ;\ 
partir  du  jour  de  sou  adoption. 

(Signd.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  Cliambre  des  Rpprdsentants. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant'^Gouverneur  et  cx-officio  President  du  Senat. 
Approuve  lo  29  ddcembre,  1862. 

(Signd.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouverneur  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane. 
Pour  copie  conforrae, 
P.  p.  Hardy, 
Secretaire  d'Elat. 


4  ACTS  (JF  1862. 

No.,  3.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  Chief  Cleik  of  the  Department  of  Public  Lands  to 
certify  Documents. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  State 
of  Louisiana,  in  General  Assembly  convened;  That  the  Chief  Clerk  of 
the  Department  of  Public  Lands  be  and  lie  is  hereby  autljorized, 
during  the  existing  war  to  certify,  under  seal,  copies  of  documents 
in  tlie  Generul  Land  OtKce,  whenever  the  Commissioner  is  absent 
therefrom,  and  that  this  act  shall  have  effect  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  es-officio  President  of  the  Senate. 

Approved  December  29th,   18G2. 

[Signed.]  ^  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana. 

A  true  copy, 

P.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretary  of  State. 


No.  4.]  JOINT  RESOLUTION 

Relative  to  Military  Bounty, 

Be  it  resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  State 

of  Louisiana,   in  General  Assembly   convened ;  That  our   Members   in 

Instructions  Congress  be  requested  to  use  their  influence  to  have  a  law  passed 

to  our   Sena-  by  Congress,   giving  a  bounty   of  fifty  dollars  to   all   privates  and 

tors   and_  Ke-  non-^comniissioned  officers    who    have,    since  the  15th    day  of  May, 

pieseutativcs.   1^,(^2,  enlisted    as   volunteers    in    the   Confederate   army  for    three 

years,  or  the  war,    or  who  shall    hereafter  enlist  thus;  and  that  the 

Governor  be  requested  to  transmit  a  copy  of  this  resolution  to  our 

Senators  and  Representatives. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, _ 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

HENRY  xAL  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Senate. 

Approuved  December  29th,  18G2. 

(Signed.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana, 

A  true  copy, 

P.  D.  IIaudy, 

Secretary  of  State. 

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Autorisant  Ic  premier  clerc  da  Departcrncnt  des  Tlti-cs  P!il)!i(i!;c.s 
;i  certifier  anx  documents, 

II  est  dicriU  far  le  Sinat  ct  la  Chamhre  des  Bepresentanls  de  VEtnt 
de  la  Louisiane  r^unis  en  Assembl^e  G('nerak;  Que  le  premior  clerc 
du  Departement  des  Terres  Publiqnes  est  par  les  presentes  autorise, 
durant  la  guerre  actuelle,  ;i  certifier,  sous  scellii,  aux  copies  et  aux 
documents  dans  le  Bureau  General  des  Terres,  durant  I'absence  du 
Commissaire,  et  que  cet  acte  aura  force  de  loi,  de  la  date  Cq  sa 
passation. 

[Signd.]  APOLPHUS   OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  Cliarabre  des  Represeutants. 

HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutcnant-Gouvcrneur  et  ex  ofiQcio  Prdsident  du  Seuat. 

Approuve  le  29  deccmbre,  1862. 

[Sigue.]  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouverneur  do  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane, 

Pour  copie  conforme, 
P.  D,  Hardy, 
Secrdtaire  d'Etat. 


No.  4.]  RESOLUTION  CONJOINTE 

Relative  aux  Bons  Militaires. 

Le     Sinat     et   la    Chavibre.   des     Jlepri  sent  ants     de     VElat    de     la 
Louisiane,  r<^unis  en  Asscmblce  Giin^rale,  ont  risolu,  ;  Que  nos  merabres  Instructions  a 
du  Congres  soient  invites  a  user  de  leur  influence  pour  f'aire  passer  no?    nn'mbrea 
une  loi  par  le  Cougros  donnant  une  gratification  de  cinquante  pias-  ^"  Congres. 
tres  a,  tout  soldat  ou  sous-officier,   qui  se  sera  enrold  depuis  le  15 
mai  1862,  comme  volontaire  dans  I'arrade  Confdddrde,  pour  le  terme 
de  trois  ans  ou  pour  la  durde  de  la  guerre,  ou  qui  s'cnrolera  ainsi  a 
I'avenir;  ct  que  le  Gouverneur  est  sollicitd  de  transmettre  des  copies 
de  cette  rdsolution  a,  nos  Sdnateurs  et  a  nos  Reprdseutants, 

(Signd,)  APOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  Cbambre  des  Reprdsentants. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant^Gouverneur  et  cx-officio  Prdsident  du  Senat. 

Approxivd  le  29  decembre,  1862, 

(Signd.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouverneur  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane?. 

Pour  copie  conforrae, 
P.  D,  Hardy, 

Secretaire  d'Etat, 

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i>  ACTS    ov   1802. 

No.  5.]  AX  ACT 

To  iuilhorizi  Sam .  Clark  and  his  associate  to  obstruct  the  Channel 

of  Red  Itiver. 
Sec.  1.  JJe  ii  enaded  ly  the  Senate  and  House  of  Bcprescntniives  of  the 
Samyel  Clark  Scate  of  Louisiana,  in  General  Assembly  convened  ;   That  Samne!  (Jlark, 
et  a!s.  an  Ex-  of  the  Parish  of  DeSoto,  President,  and  J.  D.   Elder,   of  the    Parish 
ecutive   Com-  of  Caddo,  R.  C.  Cucnmings,  of  the  Parish  of  Bossier,  Thomas  Hunter, 
mittee,  &c.       ,,f  the  Pavieh    of   Natchitoches,    Jasper   Gibbs,    of   the    Parish   of, 
Bienville,  J.  D.  Stranther,  of  the  Parish  of  Winn.  William  T.   Scott, 
of  Harrison  County,  Texas,  and  Lawrence  Lanpred    of  the   Parish 
of  Rapidos,  a  Committee  appointed  by    a  Convention    of  Delegates 
held  at  Shreveport,  on  the  22nd  of  November,  from    said    Parishes, 
and  County  styled  "  Executive  Committee,"  charged  with    the  exe- 
cution of  such  works,  on  the   banks    and    in   the   Channel    of   said 
river,  as  they  may  deem  adequate  to  the  defense  of    the    same,    be 
and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  use   such    force, 
and  expend  such  sums  of  money  as  may  be  placed  at  their  disposal 
by  the  Police  Juries  of  said  Parishes  and  County,  or  the  States,  and 
the  said  Committee  are  authorized  to  select  the  points  on  said  River, 
Powers     of  and  to  determine  the  character  of  the  works  to    be  erected.     They 
eaid  Com'tee.   shall  have  power  to  contract  and  be  contracted  with,  to  sue  and  be 
sued,  in  their  said  name  and  capacity,  under  the  style  of  "  ExecU' 
tive  Committee,"  to  appoint  a    Secretary,    Treasurer  and  such  other 
officers  as  they  may  require,  and  to    have    plenary  power  to  do  and 
perform  such  acts  and  things  as  they  may  deem  necessary  to  enable 
V       thera  to  accomplish  the  work  with  which  they  were  charged  by  said 
-  Convention. 
To  use  money      Sec.  2.  Be   it  further  enacted,    ^-c,  That  they  have  power  to  ap. 
^1^''"'^'^^.^    ^y  propriate  such  sums  of   money,    ancl  use  such  lorce  as    may  be  fur- 
ries  &c'*^^   ^'  wished  them  by  said  Police  Juries   and   County,    or  the   State  of 
Louisiana,    expropriate   the  timber  on  or  near    said  River,   and  to 
seize  any  other  properly  or  material  that  may  be  necessary — ade- 
quate compensation  having  been  previously  made  or  tendered. 

Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted^  ^-c,  That  said  Committee  shall  keep 
an  accurate  account  of  all  their  receipts  and  disbursements,  and 
lay  the  same  for  all  sums  received  from  the  State,  before  the  Gen« 
eral  Assembly,  and  for  all  sums  received  from  the  Parishes,  before 
the  parochial  authorities  thereof,  and  from  the  Counties  in  Texas, 
before  their  County  Courts;  and  each  of  the  members  of  the  said 
Executive  Committee,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  as  full  compensa- 
tion for  his  services,  while  actually  employed,  five  dollars  per  day, 
to  be  retained  out  of  the  fund  to  be  placed  at  their  disposal  by 
said  authority. 
Accounts  of  Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted,  SfC,  That  the  Police  Juries  of  said 
their  receipts,  Parishes,  and  such  others  as  may  hereafter  join  them,  in  aid  of  the 
&c.,  toberen-  ■w?ork  contemplated,  are  hereby  authorized  to  appropriate  such  sums 
of  mone}^  and  order  out  such  force  from  the  able  bodied  male  slaves 
therein,  as  may  be  called  for  by  said  Executive  Committee,  the 
money  to  be  raised  by  a  tax  to  be  levied  and  collected  by  said 
Police  Juiies,  in  the  same  manner  as  the  general  Parish  taxes  are 


ACTE3    DE    1862.  » 

Xo.  5.]  ACTE 

Ai:toiisant  Sara  Clark   et  scs   associes   ii  obstruer   Ic  chenal  de  la 

Rivicie  Kouge. 

Si-c.  I.  //  est  dicrCU  par  k  Sfnat  et  la  Chamhre  des  Repr^sentants  de 
VEtai  dela  Louisianc,reunisenAssemhlee  Gin&rak;  Que  Samuel  Clark,  Snmuc!  Claik 
de  la  paroisse  de  DeSoto,  president,  et  J.  I).  Elder,  de  la  paroissc  de  |^\te  c-iecuaf 
(.'addo,  R.  C.  Cummings,  de  la  paroisse  de  Bossier,  Thomas  Hunter,  p^^, 
de  la   paroisse   des  Natchitoches,  Jasper  Gibbs,  de    la  paroisse  de 
Bienville,   J.  D.   Stranthes,    de  la   paroisse   dc  Winn,    William  T. 
Scott,  du  comlo    de  Harrison,  Texas,  et  Lawrence    Sandford,  de  la 
paroisse   des    Kapides,    iin   corait»;   nommti  par  unc  convention  de 
deliigU'is,   tcnue  :\  Shrevcport  le  22  novembre,   de  ces   paroisses  et 
comti',  portant  le  nom  de  "  Comite  Exocutif,"  charge  de  I'oxi'cutiou 
de  tels  travaux  snr  les  rives  ct  dans  leclicnal  deladite  riviere  qu'ils 
jngeront  convenablcs  pour  sa  df^fense,    sent  par  les  prr.scntes  autO" 
rises  ;i  user  de  tellcs  forces  et  a  depenser  tel   argent  qui  scront  mis 
a  leiir  disposition  par  les  juris  dc  police  de  ces  paroisses  et  comte, 
ou  I'Etat;  et    ledit  comite    aura  droit  de  determiner   la  nature  des 
travaux   qu'ils   devront  eriger,    et  d'en   fixer  I'endroit.     H  aura  le     rouvoirs  du 
droit  de  faire   des  contrats,  de  poursnivre  devant  les  cours,  ou  sera  dit  comitc. 
poursnivi,  S(.)us  son  dit  nom  et  titrc  de  "Comiti-  Exocntif,"  noramera 
un  secretaire,  iin  tri-sorier,  ou  autres  officiers  dont  il  aura  besoin,  et 
Hura  le  droit  de  faire  tels  actes  qu'il  jugera  convenablcs  pour  I'exe- 
cution  des  travaux  dont  il  aura  ete  chargi^  par  ladite  coiivention.        p^^^.  ^^  scrvir 

Sec.  2.  II  est  de  fins  drcrdic,  <V'-.,  Qu'ils  auront  le  pouvoir  de  faire  ^]|.  rarp-cnt 
allocation  de  telles  sommes   d'argcnt  et  d'user  de  telles  forces  qui  fourni  p.ir  lc3 
leur  seront   fouruies  pas  lesdits  juris  de  police  ou  comtc,  ou  I'Etat  juristic  police 
de  la  Louisiane;  de  sc  servir  du  bois  qu'ils  trouveront  sur  les  bords  ^^^' 
ou  dans  le  voisinagc  de  ladilc  riviere,  et  d'autres  proprictes  ou  ma- 
turiaux  qu'ils  jugerout  uccessaircs,   apros  avoir  fait  ou  ofiert  unc 
juste  compensation  aux  proprictaires. 

Sf.c.  3.  //  est   de  plm  dccrctc,  i[c.,  Que   ledit   comibi    ticndra  un      Tlsrcndront 
eompte  exact  de   toutes   ses  rccettes   et  d('pen.ses,  et  le  pi\sentera  comptc;  dc 
pour   toutes  sommes  rc<;ues  dc   I'Etat   a  rAssembloc   Gcnerale,  et  ^^^^"'^  ^'^^^  ^^^' 
pour  toutes   sommes  rc<;ues  des  paroisses,  aux  autoritds  de  ces  pa- 
roisses,   et  pour  toutes   Kommes  rc<;ues  des  comtfJs   du  Texas,  aux 
cours  de  comt(;   de  cet  Etat;  et  chaque  mcmbre  du  dit  "  Comitc 
Kxecutif"  recevra  unc  compensation  de  cinq  piastres  par  jour  pour 
chaque  jour  q-\'il    aura  etc  actuellement  employi',    laquelle  somrac 
sera  retenue  sur  le  moutant   qui  aura  etc  mis  a  lour  disposition  par 
ces  autoriles. 

Sec.  4.  II  est  de  plus  dccrctc,  4'".,  Que  les  juris  de  police  des  ditca  Lea  juris  de 
paroisses,  et  des  paroisses  qui  ae  joindrout  u  ellcs,  pour  I'execution  P^^I'ce   peu; 
des  dits  travaux,   auront  le  droit  d'alloiler   telles  sommes  d'argent  ^'^"*'^f^-'''{"' 
ot  fie  lo   rnir   tel  nombre  d  esclaves  males  qui  seront  demaudcs  par  (^g  tiavaux. 
le  Com'   ';  Exccutif.     L'argent   sera  realise  par  une  taxe  pcr9ue  de 
la  men-    mani^re   qu'est   pereue,    par   les   lois  existantes,    la   taxe 
generr      de  paroisse  ;  attendu  que  lesdits  juris  de  police  nc  seront 

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6-  i€TS  or  lSf52; 

lericdandcoilected  by  existing'lawB  ;  except  that'suid  Police  Jn--" 
rios  ahall  not  be  required  to  advortise  the  suino;  and  they  Buall 
prior  to  ordeiing^  out  said  foi;ce,  malie  a  li.sl  of'  al!  the  able  bodied"" 
slaves  between  the  ajjcs  of  IS  and  45  years,  and  then  make  tlieir 
requisitions  ou  each  owner,  iov  liis  pro  rata  portion  of  force  re- 
quired. 

■^■^''^l    "'-"''*^       ^'•^'-   ''•  -^''^^ /•'>■''''«''■  ^••■'"^''^■•^.   4---  That  the  Presidents  of  tlie   Po-" 

owiiera  S-v   of  ^''^^  'Turies;  shall-CiAUse  a  nolice'  to  be  made  out,  and'gerved  on  such' 

^  lives  oidirr(.<-i  owner,    agent,  ov   overseer*  of' slaves,  notifying   Lim  or   her   of  the' 

uut.  n-srmber  detailed,  and   the  time  and'  place  when   they  are  to  be'as- 

s<?mb]ed,  and  if  such  owner,  agent,  or  overseer  shall  refuse  to  obey 

tlie  order,  then,  and  in  that  case,  the  President  is  authorized  to  call 

i:pon  any  nvilitia  officer  to  execute  the  same,  who  shall  be  bound  tO' 

obey  the  mandate  of  the   PresidcLft,  under  pain  of' dismissal    frbuii' 

service  by  his  superior  officer,  or  the  Governor' of  the  State. 

Tmpjem.^ivi^.  Skg.  6.  Beit  further  enacted,  S^'^c,  I'^hat  the  Police  Juries  aforesaid, 
l!'."'^''*'/^^^'  ,  s'Jiill  have  power  to  demand  subsistcDce,  working  tools  and  iraple- 
"To'os  ordered '^®'^^^'  boats,  wagons,  carts,  oxen,  mules  and  horses,  from  the 
out.  to  be  t'lir-  ovp^ners  thereof,  for  the  use  of  the  force  so  ordered  out,  and' the 
nished  by  eaia  persons  furnishing  them,  shall  be  entitled  to  demand  and  receive' 
o\fuer8.  reasonable    comp-ensatiou-  therefor,    as'  'vveU    as  the  hire   of  their' 

slaves. 

PowcrR  of  po-  Sec.  7.  BeitfurtJief  enacted,  &-c.,  T'hat  the  President.^  of  Police 
lice  .luries  to  Ju'ries  of  each  of  said  Parishes,  shall  have  the  power  to  fill  vaca-n- 
cies  occurring  m  said  Jiixecutive  Oommittee,  irom  their  respeciive 
Parishes,  and  the  President  of  the  Police  Jury  of  anj'  Parish,  nofe 
sp'ecis^lly  embraced  in  this  act'by  name,  may  in  like  manner,  ap^ 
point  a  Committee  man  for  his  Parish,  who  shall-  thereby,  become 
vested  with  the  sarno  power  and  authority  as  his  associates  ;  and 
such  Police  Jury  or  Juries  so  appointing  a  Committee  man,  shall 
become  parties  to  this  act,  and  be  vested  with  the  same  power  as 
those  mentioned  in  the  1st  section. 

Sec.  8.  Andbe'it  further  enacted  Sfc.  That  this' act  shall  tike  effect 
from  and  a;fter  its  passage 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS   OLIVIEK, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives; 

UENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant' Governor  and  ex-oBicio  President  of  the  Senate. 

Approved  December  29',  1862. 

(Signed.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  L©ui8iaD•a^B^ 

.4  trbe  copy. 

P.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretary  of  State. 

1&- 


ACTF.S    DE    1862.  '6 

•pna  tciius  de  Ics  afficher;  (t  avant  do  f(.nrnir  Icsdits  esclave?,  Us 
f(;roiit  uiie  listo  ,do  toiLs  les  asclavevS  Irvvuillants,  .ciitre  1'a.ge  de  18 
Ct  4o  ai!S,  ct  ferout  des  icquisilions  .sur  cliacitje  piopj'ietuire  pour  sa 
purl,  prc»  raia,  do  la  force  luiec  eu  rtiiiui.sitiou. 

Sec.  5.  //  est  de  jdus  dvcr{:li,  if-c,  Qne  los  presidents   des  juris  de  ^  I-ya'propne- 
police  leroiit  scrvir  sur   les  propri^-taircs,   ecDnomcs  ou  agents  d'es-  ^'^esclaver iv- 
clave.s  une  notice   leur  faisaut  connailn'  le  nombre    qui  wra  mis  on  quUseroatn©- 
>(;quisition,  et  I'endroit  et  I'heiire  a  laquelle    ils  doivent  etre  asscm-  liiles. 
l-.li's;  ct  an  cas  oil  le  proprietairo,  I'af^ont  ou  I'econome   refuseraient 
d'obeir  a  I'ordn',  le  pnisident   du  jnri  de   polico   aura   lo    droit   de 
notitier  un  officicr  de  la  milire  de  l'ox(^cuter,  et  I'ufficipr  de  la  milice 
■  i.-era   oblij^*'  d'obt.-ir  a  Turdre    dn    president   du  juri    de  police,  sous 
ptMiie  d'etre  chass/-  du  service,  par  un  officier   superieur   ou  par  le 
(rouverneur  de'l'Etat, 

Sec.  G.  Iltctdeflusd&.r^tr,  c^r ,  Que  les  juris  de  police  susdita  Lesd'.tspro- 
auiont  le  droit  d'exiger  des  proprietaires  dea  esclaves  les  vivres,  P*"''*^*'-^''^^*'-'- 
les  outils,  les  bateaux,  charettes,  wagons,  boeufs  de  tire,  mulcts  et  iQgtrum.-Qts. 
chcvaux  nt'cossaires  pour  I'usage  des  esclaves  fournis;  et  ceux  qui  i^s  vivres,  &c. 
I^'S  uurout  fournis  auront  droit  :\  en  recevoir  une  juste  compensation  pour  les  n«- 
aiusi  que  la  paie  de  leurs  esclaves.  sr<?3  requis. 

Sec  7.  Ilestde  plus  d/'cr^t^,  tf-c,  Quo  lies    presidents   das  juris  de      Lea  juris  de 
police  de  cliafjue  paraiss*'    auront   le  pouvoir  de   suppleer   aux  vav  po-"^^     P<|"^" 
cances  qui  auront  lieu  dans  ledit  VCouiitn  Executif"  de  leurs  paruis-  ^^^  vacaacea. 
ses  respectives,    et  les  presidents  de  juris   de  police   des  paroisses 
non  nientiunnees  dans  cet  acte  auront  .le  droit  de  nommer  quelqu'uu 
comme    membre  du  comite   de   leurs  .paroissos    qui  sera    muni  des 
memos  pouvoirs  que  scs  associt^s,    et  lesdits  juris  do    police  auront 
Its  memes  pouvoirs  et  les   memes  droits    que   ceux  qui    sout  meu- 
t'lonnOs  dans  la  premiere  section  de  cet  acte. 

Sec.  8.  II  est  de  plus  decr^t^,  ^-c,  Que  cet  {icte  aura  force  de  lo;, 
,de  la  date  de  sa  pasa^tian. 

(Signe.)  ADOLPHU^S  OLnJER, 

Orateur  de  la  Cliambre  dea  Repr^seutants. 

HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
'JiieutennnUGQUverneiir  et  ex-officio  Pr^isident  du  Sen&t. 

Approuv^'  lo  .29  decembre,  18G2. 

(Signe.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

GouTcrneur  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louiaiane. 

jPour  copie  conforme, 
p.  D.  Hardy, 
Secr<;taire  d'Etat. 


.M 


1  ACTS    OF    1862. 

No.  6  ]  AN  ACT 

To  take  testimony  in  and  out  of  the  State  and  tlie  Army  cf  the 
State  and  Confederate  States. 
Sk.c    1.     Beit  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of 
TeEtimony    of  ^j^^  Slate  of  Loxdsiana,  in  General  Assemhly  convened ;  That  hereafter,  in 
?prvicTin°cer-  ^^'  ^^^'^  ""^  criminal  cases,  the  testimony  of  all  persons  in  the  mil- 
tain  cases  may  itaiy  service  of  the  State  or  Confederate  States,  or  who  are  liable 
be   taken    by  to  do  military  service  of  either,  may  be  taken  on  application  of  o.\- 
cammissioa.      ^jjg^   party,   by  petition  ;  stating  the  fact  to  serve   de  bene  isse  in 
cavb.     If  the   witness    at  the  time  of  trial  shall  be  dead  or  absent 
from  the  parish,    or  unable   to  attend  from    infirmity,  on  giviiif^  the 
adverse  party  three  clear   days    notice  to  file  cross-interrogation« 
before  taking  commission  to  take  said    testimony  ;  said  testimony, 
^vhen   so  taken,    shall  be  read  in  evidence    on  the  trial  of  all  civil 
cases   or   criminal  accusations  before  or  after  examination  before  a 
Justice  of  the  Peace,   or  after  indictment  ;  Provided,  that  in  crimi- 
nal cases  no  testimony  shall  be  so  taken  without  the  consent  of  tiie 
accused  first  being  had  and  obtained. 
Before    wbom       Skc  2.  Beit  further  enacted,  S^-c,  That  said  testimony  may  be  taken 
^^^'   ^J]t  tai°o'if  before  any  Justice  of  the  Peace  or  any  commissioned  officer  not  below 
"  the  rank  of  Captain,  in  either  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States 
or   this   State,    when  directed  to  do  so  by  commission  regularly  is- 
sued and  directed  to  said  officer  by  the  Clerk  of  the  Court  is.suing 
naid  commission,  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  ;  and  said  testimony  shall 
be   received    and   read    in   evidence  on  the  trial  of  any  case  above 
provided  for,  and  shall  not  be  rejected  for  any  inforn'ality  or  irreg- 
ularity in  the  certificate  of  the  officer  taking  the  same. 
WLr.>n  tills  act      Sec.  3.     Be   it  further  enacted,  Sj-c,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect 
Miali  like  cf-  {^-Qxn  and  after  its  passage,    and  shall  remain  in  force  until  the  rati- 
lou'^remain'in  ^cation  of  a   treaty  of  pea';e   between  the  Confederate  States  and 
forcH?.      '         the  United  States, 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER. 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  Deceicber  30th,  18G2. 

(Signed.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana. 
A  true  copy. 

r.  D.  "Hardy, 

Secretary  of  State. 


No.  1.]  AN  ACT 

To   prohibit  the  sale  of  Property  in  this  State  within   the  eneaty's 
lines  for  Taxes. 

Section'   1.     Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  Iluuse  of  Re'preser.ta.iives 
of  the  State  of  Loxuiiana  in  General   Asstmhly  convened,  That  u'i  the 

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ACTE8    DF.    1802.  1 

No  C]  .     ACTE 

Pour  prendre  Ics  ti'moig-nagnes  dans  et  horfl  do  I'Etat  et  de  I'armt'o 
do  rEtat  et  des  Etats  CoiiCi-ili-ri's. 

Sec.    1,   II  e^t    d^cr^t^  pnr  h  S/nat    el  hi  Cli' mhre  da    Rrpr^sevlan/..'! 
de  I'Elat  de  la  Louisiave  rtiinisen  AssemhU'e.  (Jt'iierale;  Qui;  durt'iiav.-int  f,..   tiinoi^'na- 
dans  toutcs  les  causes  civilcsct  ciiininelles,  lo  tt'inoifiimgo  de  hiitc  };'' il'>  puswn- 
personne  dans  Ic  service  niilitairo  de  I'Etat  <tn  des  Etuts  Coididt-ierJ,  '"'^  .  *''^'"*    ''" 
oil  snjetto  an  service  rnilitaire    duns  I'lin  on  I'autro,    pent  etre   pris  p.',{.'^ui;     ^fa"*^ 
Riir  rapplication  de  Tunc    on  I'autre  partie    par  petiti.  n  detnontrant  |„.„t  eire  pri.'< 
lo  fait,    pour    servir  de  bene  issc  in  cavo.     J-'i  le  lennjin,    au  temps  dn  \<m     rominis- 
proccs,  est  mort,  on  absent  de  la  paroisse,   i.u  ineapalde  dt-  cunjpa-  '■''^''• 
jaitre  par  iiifirmite,  en  donnant  a  la  partie  adverse  tujis  j.mr.s  Icuxs 
d'avia  d'enrdg^istrer    les  contrein(erioj2:at()ires    avant   de  prendre  la 
dite  commission  pour  prendre   ledit  ti'inoif^naj^e;  ledit   teni(ii»inaf^t', 
la  on  il  sera  prin,   sera  In  cunime  i  vidence  Inrs    dii  proees  do  touies 
causes  civilcs  on   accnsalions  criininelies,   avant  fu  apres  I'investi- 
p^ation  devant  un  juge  de  paix,   on  apies   I'accusation;  Ponrvn  (pie 
dans  les  causes  criniiuelles    il  no  soit  ainsi    pris   ancun  temoignai:e 
sans  que  1(^  consentement  de  I'accuse  ait  ete  prcralableuient  ollenu. 

Sec  2,  II  est  de  plus  d^creli,  S^-c,  Que  ledit  ti-moignage    pent  etre  I'md.'vant  qui 
pris    devant    tout  jngc  de  pai.^  ou   tout    oQieior  comTnissionnt-,  inm  loHt      temol- 
au  dessous  du  rang  do  capitaine,  soit  do  I'anii.-e  des  Elats  Cnnf.-dc-  ct't^S'^  p<'ul 
rt's  ou   de  cet  Etat,  lorsqu'd  est  requis  de   le  (aire  par  une  ci)ni?i!is-  *''"''  ^■"'** 
tiion  reguli^rernent   liuiise  et  adressi-e    au  dit  oHicier  par    ie  grelljcr 
do  la  cuur  emettanl  ladite  commission  ou  le  juge  de  paix,  et  ledit 
ti'moignage  sera  recu   et  lu  en  evidence    dans  le  proees   de  tons  les 
eas  ci  dessus  pn-vus,  et  no  sera  pas  rejetc*  potir   aucuno  infurnialite 
ou  irregu'arite  dans  le  certifical  dc;  Toliicier  I'ayant  pris. 

Sec  o.  11  est  de  plus  dt'xrcW,  cf-c,  Quo  cet  acle  aura  force  de  loi,  de  Quar.  i  cot  ac- 
la  date  do  sa  passation  et  restera  en  fiuce  jnsqua  la  ratification  te  ft^'fa  forcra 
d'un  traite  de  paix  eutre  les  Etats  Confederes  et  les  Etats  Unis.  '^^  ^'''-  ^^  J'*®" 

[Signd.]  ADOLniUS   OLIVIEK,  Jc^urfe^'Vi- 

Orateur  de  la  Chambre  des  Repn'-sentants.       gc-- 
HENIIY  M.  IIYAMS, 
Lieutenant-Gouverneur  et  ex  officio  Pn'sident  du  Si'nat. 
Approuve  le  30  decepbre,  18C2. 

[Sigue.]  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouverncur  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane. 
Pour  copie  conforme, 
P.  D.  Hardv, 
SecK^jtaire  d'Etat. 


No  7.]  ACTE 

Pour  empecher  la  rente  de  proprietes  dans  cet  Etat,  dans  les  ligncs 
enncmies,  pour  les  taxes. 

Sec.1.  II  est  dtcril^  par  le  S^nat  et  la   Chambre  des  Bepr^senlants  dt 
I'Etai  de  la  Louisiane,  rinnis  en  AssembUeGH^rale;  Que  toutes  les  ventea 

IS 


<■%  ACTS  OF    1SG2. 

All  ealc!^  marie  s.tlrs    of  properly    iiimk'  uf  that  shall  hercafU.T  he  inaile  within  thu 

■wiibio  ;li«  ("11-  eiifrjiy'.s  lines  \vii.hin  tliis. State,    undi-r    pretence  or  cohir  of  any  ur- 

»iuy  r>   iiijt  s      (iiiiuiKf    of  ai  y    iiicorporaled  ,city  or  tuwii  (jf  this  Stato,  or  of  any 

*^  ^'      Foh'ce  Juiy  of  any  parish  ^jf  this  Statr,  or  (.{"  any  law  of  ihin  State, 

Mhull  lit;    iicld  and  considered  as  ta-x  sales   ut"  properly  in  Ihi.s  State 

ly  aiithoiiiy  of  the;L"nited  States  Goverinnent,  and  as  such  utterly 

null  and  void-;  and    the  purchaser  or  purchasers  of  s\u-,h  tax  sales, 

and  all  persons  liuhVin;^  or  ha,vin!if  held  under  him  or  thfun,  hy  what- 

Olilij^ationi-:  (if  ever  title,  shall  be  bound  in  solidoto  the  owner  of  said  properly  to 

purchasers  at  indemnify    iiim    fully    for  all  damages  occasioned    by  waste,  negli- 

eujQ  .-aes.  10-  ir(.ii(;e,    the  losrf  of  rents,  issues  and  profits   of  his  real  estate,  from 

Wiiids  iLe  real  ',,,,.  .1  1  ^-i  ,.  •  <■  ^i  -j  i       ^    . 

owaer.  ^''^  date  vt   the  purchase  untu  the  possession  or   the  said  real  estate 

shall  be  restored  to  the  lawful  owner,  and  (to  .i',idemni,fy  said  owfier 
i(»r  all  damag-es  dcciisioned  by  the  destruction  or  consumption  or 
waste,  (rait«fer<0r  usc  of  hi«  personal  and  nio.yeable  eflfects  from  the 
date  (yf  -the  ori;^itial  purchase  until  said  ipoveables  or  personal 
pif''(;ts  4iha'll  1)0  restored  to -the  possession  trf  said  owner,  or  the  lull 
aninnnt  of  (1  aw a^res  sustained  by  him  shall  bavc  been  paid. 

Sec.  2.     iBe  ii  fnrllttr  cnaded,  i]-c.,  That   this   act  shall  take  effect 
from  :ind  after  its  passage. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

■Speaker  of  the  House  of  Kepreseiitatives. 
HENRY  M.  II YAMS, 
Lieutenant  Go.vcrnor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the/Senate. 
Approved  December  30th,  1SC2. 

THO.  0.  MOOPvE, 
Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisi&np,, 
A  true  copy, 

P.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretary  of  State;. 


No.  8.]  AN  ACT 

Ptclutive   to   property  confiscated  or  other?0/ise  disposed  of  by  the 
authorities  of  the  United  States  in  this  State. 

■Section  \.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives 
of  the  State  of  Louisiana  in  General  Assembly  convened,  That  all  sales 
rSalcs  made  iu  ^^'  other  disposition  of  property  in  this  State,  made  since  the  2-6th 
virtue  ofmili-  day  of  January,  1861,  or  that  shall  hereafter  be  made  by  the  mili- 
lary  or  civil  tary  or  civil  authorities  of  the  Government  of  the  United  States, 
lyie'iu'^s'witt-  ^G^ODging  to  citizens  of  this  State,  or  citizens  of  any  other  of  the 
U\  this  State  ^Oil-federate  States,  or  to  any  person  domiciled  or  residing  therein, 
>;ince  the  'iutb  under  pretence  of  any  act,  order,  decree  or  judgment,  whether  of  con* 
Ji\nuary,iS6i,  fiscation  or  not,  shall  be  and  are  hereby  declared  to  be  null  and  void 
Bull  &  void,     jy  j^ii  jjjj.g^(.  .^jjj  purpose. 

Sec.  2.  JJe  it  further  enacted,  ^-c,  That  asy  person  or  persona 
w^ho  shall  purchase,  lease,  or  otherwise  acquire  any  property,  real 
or  personal,   belonging  to  a  citizen  of  this  State,  or  to  a  citizen  of 

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j^m  UK  ISO-S. 


6c  ipr<5p\~ul(->i  f  ites,  on  qui  se  fiTont  a  I'avenir,  d.tns  los'  ]i._''nos  ene-  To-itei  rcnl'sr 
iiiit'8,  daiiri  c«'t  Klat,  8ous  le  pretcxte  d'aiicurie  ordoiiiiHUce    d'aucniie  ^"t^*' •"•*°"'. 't's 
cut;  uii   Tille  iiicorpoit'O  ae  cet  htat,  on  d'aiicuii  >iin  de  police   d  au-  np,,,;  upji^.;,  ^t 
t'une  paroisse  de  Cft  Etat,  ou  d'aiicniiL'  loi  de  cet  Ktat  scrorit  teiniep  di'  nul  oflet. 
cl  cuUBideit'cs  coiiime  venter  de  pioprit'tt'.s  poilr  taxes  daiis'cet  Htat 
par  aiituiitt'  dn  goiiveineineiit  des  Ktat«  Vms,   et  cornnie    te'iU's  en- 
licivmeiit  ruilles  et  ile  mil  eO'et;  et  I'acqiiereur  ou  les  ac(jUi-venr.s  tie 
t-ellep  veutes  pour  taxes,    et  tnutes  pei>t)im<?s    posf^t-daitt    ou'iiraiit 
possede  sous  liii-tMi  eux,  a  quel  titre  que  ce  suit,  seioiit  responsalties' 
in  golido  eiivers  le  propritUaire  de  ladite  proprit-tf  pour  I'iiidemnisor      Ohli^linns 
complelcment  de  lous  dornrnag'es  occasionnes    par  le   gaspillarre,Ta  o'^s  jich-teutH 
negligence,  la  perte  des  lovers,  revenns  et  profUrt  de  son   inimeiille,  envcr?  le  vcri- 
depuis  la  date   de  I'aehat  jusqna   ce  que   le  veritable    proprittaire  tuble  profjric 
Boit  reniiis  en  possession  du  dit  iinmeuOle,   et  pour  indemniser  Icdit  taire. 
proprictaire   des  domniages    encourrus    par  la  destruction,  on  con- 
somraation,  on- gaspillage,  translert  uu  usage  de  ses  proprit'-tes  per- 
Bouuelles  ou  mobilieies  depuis  la  date  de  racliatpriniitit' jusquu  ce 
que  lesdits  meubles  ou  eflels  personnels"  Boient  i-vgtitn»:''s  en  la  pos- 
session du  dit  pr(^pri»-taire,    on  le  montant   cornplct   dos  d';n;njag<;s 
encourrus  par  lui  ait  ot>'  pa^r. 

t^Kc.  2.  li  est  ih  -plus  (U'-rcit,  if-c,  Que    cet'acte'  a-ara  force    de  uii, 
dc  la  date  de  sa  passation. 

(Sigue,)  ADOLPIIUS'OLIVIKK, 

Orate'ir  dc  la  Cliambre  des  iLeprt-sentanti;!. 
HEXRY  M-.  UYAM-, 
Lieutenant-Gouvorneur  et  ex-officio  Pn'sident  du  Senat, 
Approuvo  le  30  decembre,  1802^. 

(Sigue.)  THO.  0.  MOOP.E, 

Gouverneur  de  TEtat  de  la  Louisiane.- 
Pour  copie  conforme, 

P.  D.  Hardy,  Pccn.'tairc  d'Etat. 


Kb.  8.]  ACTE 

Kelatifaux  proprietes  confisqtTees  ou  atltremeot  appropriees  par  lea" 
autoritcs  des  Etats  Unis,  dans  cet  Etat. 

Sec.  1.  11  est  rcsohi  par  le  SiJiat  d  la  Chanibrt  des  Repr^sentants  dz' 
PJLlat  de  la.  Louisiane  r^uiiis  en  AssemhUe  Gtneralc;  Que  toutes  veutes  Vootcs  fai(t;; 
ou  autres  dispositions  de  propritt<  s  dans  cet  Etat  faites  depuis  Ic  ea  vcrtu  dc^ 
20  Janvier,  1861,  ou  qui  seront  faites  ci-apres,  par  les  ^utoiites  mi-  autoritcsinjli- 
Htaircs  ou  civiles  du  gouvernement  des  Etats  Unis,  appartenant  a  leg'^des'^E^'u" 
des  citoyens  de  cet  Etat,  ou  d'aucun  autre  des  Etats  Coufederes,  ou  ^ans  cet  Ktat. 
a  aucune  personne  qui  y  est  domicilit'e  ou  y  reside,  bdus  preteifte  rlopir?  le  2f 
d'aucun  actc,  ordrc,  decret  ou  jugement,  soit  de  confiscation  ou  nc  n,  .j-ia.  18C1,duI_ 
seront  et  sont  par  le  present  declarees  nulles  et  de  nul  effet  a  toute  ^^^^^  ^  °"' 
tin  quelconque. 

.Sec.  2.  II  est  dS  plus  d^cr^i^,  tf-c.,  Qiie  tbutes  personne  ou  person- 
nes  qui  acLeteront,  loueront  ou  acquerront  autrement  aucune  pro- 
ptiote  loDciere  ou  personneile  apparteaaat  a  un  citoyen  de  cet  Etat 

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§  ACTS  OK  1862. 

Liab'.iiti'^s  "f  any  otlicr  of  llie  Confederate  States,  or  to  any  person  domiciliated 
liiosc-whob-ilJ  tlieruia  under  pretence  or  colijr  of  any  act,  order,  decr<H'  or  j-d^- 
virt'ue  o^f  '^aid  "''*^"''  ^^  ^lie  Civil  or  military  jiiitliorities  of  tliG  stiid  United  Stales, 
j.4lt;iei  ci'    any    persijn    or  persons  holding  or  having  iield  t^aid  property  or 

any  part  thf.MCof  under  tlie  purchaser,  lessee-donor  of  the  United 
Slates  authorities  aforesaid,  liy  purchase,  lease  or  otherwise,  shall 
be  bound  in  solido  to  th3  oAvnei  of  said  property  to  indemnify  him 
fully  for  all  damages  occasioned  by  waste,  negligence,  the  loss  of 
jents,  issues  and  profits  of  iiis  real  estate  from  the  date  of  the  pu;*- 
chase  or  other  acquisition  from  tlie  United  States  authorities  as 
aforesaid,  nuiil  the  possession  of  the  real  estate  shall  be  restored  to 
the  lav.'ful  owner,  and  to  indemnify  said  owner  for  all  damages 
occasioned  by  destruction,  consumption,  waste,  traiisfer  or  use  of 
his  personal  and  moveable  effects  from  the  date  of  the  original 
purchase  or  acquisition  from  the  United  States  authorities  as  afore- 
t^iiid,  until  said  moveables  or  personal  effects  shall  bo  restored  to 
t'::(-  possession  of  said  ov»'ner,  or  the  full  amount  of  damages  sus- 
tuinei,!  by  him  shall  be  paid. 

Null  y 'f  liij  Skc.  3.  Be  it  further  niaded,  ij-c,  That  the  proceedings  of  all 
jii<c.-(Jm<rs()f  (_.(^jnts  ur  other  tribunals  in  this  State,  within  the  enemy's  lines, 
c.'",'^*  '.'\,V'\o  vvhether  carried  on  in  the  name  of  the  State  of  Louisiana  or  of  the 

^•iale      wiltiui  IT    ■       1  <t  I     11   1  •  1  1  T  .1,1 

jlir  cr.etav's  L  ii'.ted  States,  shall  be  considered  as  proceedings  carried  on  by  the 
liaes.  authority  of  the  United  States  Government  ;  and  all  sales  made  or 

tiiat  shall  be  made  of  properly  belonging  to  a  citizen  of  this  State, 
or  to  a  citizen  of  any  of  the  Confederate  States,    or  to  any  person 
domiciliated  and  residing  therein,  not  a  citizen,    under  or  by  virtue 
of  any  oidf.T,  decree  or  judgment  of  any  such  court  or  tribunal,  for 
^vhatevcr    purpose    or   object,    shall  be  null  and  void,  and  the  pur- 
chaser  and  all  persons  holding  or  having  held  under  him  the  prop- 
erty adjudicated   as  aforesaid,  shall  incur  all  the  civil  liabilities  to 
the  owner  of  said  prooert^^  declared  in  second  section  of  this  Act. 
Prepcriplio.a       Sec  4.     Be   it  farther    enacted,  S^-c,  That  the  action  given  by  this 
of'  the  act.ou  Act  for  the  recovery  of  damages,   shall   only  be  prescribed  by  the 
iru-eu  by  this  j^^pge  (,f  ^\^,q    years    from    the    date  of  a  ratification  of  a  treaty  of 
peace  between  the  Confederate  States  and  the  United  States. 

Sec.  5.     Be  it  farther  enacted,  ^-c,  That  this  Act  shall  take  effect 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Senate. 

Approved  December  oOtb,  1862. 

THOS.  0.  MOORE, 
,  Goverucr  of  the  State  cf  Louisiaija. 

A  true  copy. 

P.  D.  Hardy, 

S<;cretary  of  State. 

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ou  d.    un  citoyen    de    tout  autre   dcs  Etats    Conf^deiej,    ou  a-  toute  Repp'nsabifiin 
personne   cjiii    y   est   domiciliee,    eons   pretexte    d'un    acle,    ordre,  ^it-'   ceux    q<.i 
d^crel  ou  jii;jjeiMent  des  autorites  civilcs  ou  militaires  des  dits  Etats  [||?Q^'j!^^?j"g  '^^^ 
Uuis,   ou    toutes   personne  ou    persounes    possedant   fu  uyant  pes- .^.^j^y ^^.pjjjpg 
sede  ladiLe  propriete    ou  quelque  partii^  d'icelle  sous  racqucreur  ou  vcotes. 
ic  locataiic  des  autorites  des  Eials  Unis  susdites,  par   acliat,  loyer 
ou  autieineut,  soront  respotiiiablt's  in  solido  euvevs  le  propriclaire  de 
ladite  piourio;';  pour  riadeuiniser   conipletemcut  de  tous  domuiageu 
caus'Js  par  lu  gaspiilago,    la  nt'^iigtince,    la  pcrte  des  loycrs,    revc- 
nus  et  profits   do  aoii  iinineubl>(    depuis  la  date   dc  Tacliat  ou  auti"(; 
acquisition  des  autorites   des  Etats  Unis  comiiie  susdit,   jusqu'a   co 
que  rimmeuble  soit  roaiis  en  la  possession  du  proprietaire  Tegitimo, 
et  pour  iu  iemnisjr  ledit  proprietaire  de  tous  donnnages  occasiounes 
par  la  destruction,  consomuaaLion,  gaspillage,  transfert  ou  usage  de      • 
ses  cffets  mobilicrs  ou  personnels  depuis  la  date   de  I'achat  primitif 
ou  acquisition    des  autontt's  des  Etats  Cnis  conirue  susdit,  jusqu'i 
ce  que  lesdita  efl'ets  mobilters  ou  personnels  soicut  reinis  en  la  pos- 
session du  dit   propriijtaii'e   ou  que  le  niontant   complet   des  dom« 
mages  qu'il  aura  encourrns  soit  pave. 

Sue.  3.  //  est  de  plus  d^crelc,  i^-c  ,  Que  les  procedures  de  toutes  les      Nullite  (ies 
cours  ou  autres  tnbunaux    de  cet  Etat,    dans  ies   ligncs   ennemies,  procVuirf-edcH 
soit  qu'elles    soient  couduitcs  au  noin    de  TEtat    de  la  Louisianc  ou  ^.-{"'t^if".^ 'jl^^ 
an  nom  dcs  Etats  Unis,  seront   considerees  cornmo    procedures  con-  lign- s  d-Vrca- 
duitos  sou.s  I'autorite    du  ,'';'"uvorne:iiont  dcs    Etats  Unis:  et  toutes  ucmi. 
veutcs  faites   on    qui  seront  laites   dc  proprietes   apparlenant  a  an 
citoyen  de  cet  Etat  on  a  uu  citoyeu  d'un  des  Etats  ConlVdercs,  ou  a 
une  peraonue  qui  y  suit  domiciliee  et  y  residant  nVtant  pas  citoyon. 
sous    ou  en  vertu    d'un    ordre,    d»'cret  ou   jugcment   de  toute  telle 
cour  ou  tribunal  a  n'iinporte  quelle  fin  ou  objet,  seront  nulles  et  de 
'uul   offet,    et  I'acquereur   et   toutes  personnes    possedant  ou  ayant 
possede  sous  lui  la  propriete  adjugee  corame  susdit,  oncourra  toutes 
les  respoDSabilites  civiles  envers  le  proprietaire   de  ladile  propriete 
declarees  dans  la  secoude  section  de  cet  acte. 

Sec  4.  11  est  de  plus  decrH6.  ^c,  Que  la  portce  donnee  a  cet  acte     Preecriptioa 

pour  le  recouvrenicnt   des  dommages    ne  sera    prescrit  que  oar  le  ^J^  '"^   poriee 
1  J       ■  •         4.-    J     ■      1  ?    J     1         .-r     i.-        11       4  ^-tA  A,^  donnec  a  cot 

■laps    de  cinq  anp,  a  partir  de  ia  date,  de  la  raiincatioa  d  uu  traito  de  ^^^^ 

paix  entrc  les  Etats  Coufederes  et  les  Etats  Unis. 

Section  5.  11  est  dc  plus  d^cril^^  Sj-c,  Que  cet  acte  aura  force  do 

loi  dc  la  date  de  sa  passation. 

(Signc.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER. 

Orateur  de  la  Chacubre  des  Reprdseutunts. 

nEVRY  >r.  BY.AMS, 
Lieutenant- Gouvcrneur  et  ex-ofticio  Pivsidcnt  du  St^nat. 

Approuvee  le  30  dccotobre,  1862. 

(Signe.)  THO.  0,  MOORB. 

Gouvcrneur  de  I'Etal  de  la  Louis'ane. 
Pour  oop'e  con  forme, 
P.  D    Habdv. 

Secretaire  d'Etat. 

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]0  JUTS    of     ISfiii. 

No.  9.1  AN  ACT 

To  amend  the  511)  Section  of  au  Act,  entitled  "An  Act  relative  to  the 
Practitioners  of  Medicine,"  approved  March  16th,   18G1. 

Sec.  1.  Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
Persons  not  Stale  of  Louisiana,  in  General  Assemhly  convened  ;  That  the  5th  scc- 
fulKcu^"^  lion  of  an  act  entitled  :  "  An  Act  relative  to  the  practitioners  of 
medicine,"  approved  March  16th,  1861,  be  amended  and  re-enacted 
so  as  to  read  as  follows,  viz  :  "  Section  5.  Be  it  further  enacted, 
&c.,  Tliat  the  provision  of  this  act  shall  not  appl}'  to  persons  who 
have  been  practicing  medicine  under  the  authority  of  a  license  from 
a  State  board,  nor  to  any  person  who  may  have  been  practicing  five 
3'ears  in  this  State  or  any  other  of  the  Confederate  States,  nor  to 
female  practitioners  of  medicine,  as  such  ;  and  that  this  act  take 
efl'cct  from  and  after  its  passage. 

(Signed  )  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Reprcpentatives, 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Tjieutenant  Governor  and  ex  ofBcio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  December  30,  1862. 

(Signed.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louleiaua, 
A  true  copv, 

P.  D.  Habdy,      " 
Secretaiv  of  State. 


^  No.  10.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana  to  press  into 
the  service  of  the  State,  Slaves  and  other  propertj^  for  the  pub- 
lic defences  of  the  State  during  the  present  war. 

Sec  1  Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
Power  given  State  of  Louisiana,  in  General  Assemhly  convened;  That  the  Governor 
to  ih«  Gover-  of  jjjg  State  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  press  into  the  serv- 
!mo  the  public  ^^^  ^^  ^^^^  State,  for  the  purpose  of  constructing  fortiScations  and 
service  ue-  Other  works  for  the  public  defences,  not  exceeding  at  any  one  time 
groes,  &c.,  for  one  half  of  all  the  able  bodied  male  slaves  from  eighteen  to  fifty 
certain  pur-  years  of  age,  belonging  to  any  one  person  or  perpons,  or  under  the 
poses.  charge  of  any  person  or  persons  within  the  State  of  Louisiana,  to- 

gether with  such  utensils  and  other  movables,  deemed  necessary  to 
work  such  slaves  pro  rata  ;  and  the  slaves  so  pressed,  shall  be  vai' 
ued  by  sworn  appraisers,  to  be  named  one  by  the  oflScer  charged  to 
make  the  press,  and  another  by  the  owner  or  persona  having  charge 
ot  such  slaves  ;  and  in  case  of  disagreement,  the  two  appraisers 
to  choose  an  umpire  ;  and  in  case  of  neglect  or  refusal  of  the  own- 
er or  person  having  charge  of  such  slaves,  then  and  in  that  case 
both  appraisers  are  to  be  named  by  the  oflBcers,  and  the  utensils 
and  movables  are  to  be  appraised  in  like  manner.  And  it  is  hereby 
made  the  duty  of  the  several  sheriffs  in  the  State  to  furnish   a  list 

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ct-t  aclo. 


ACTEJ    DK     185*.  10 

No  9. J  ACTE 

Tour  amender  lu  5o  section  d'un  acto  intitii''-:  "  Actc  relatif  a  ceux 
qui  prati(|ut'ut  la  lutidecine,''  upprouve  le  IG  mcirs,  ISOl. 

Sec.  1.  II  tsi  d&.r^U  par  Ic  S^nat  et  In  Chambre  dcs  liepr^sentants 
de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane  ri^uiiisen  AssembUc  G^n<^raJe;  Que  la  5e  section 
d'un  acto  intitule:  "  Acte  relatif  ii  ceux  qui  pratiquent  la  inedecinc," 
Hpprouvc  Ic  IG  uiars,  18G1,  soit  auiendte  ct  decrelOe  dc  nouvcau  do 
nianiere  a  K'expiimer  cofiiine  suit,  s  >voir:  "  .Sec.  o.  11  est  dc  p!us  d^-. 
cr^t^,  i^c,  Quo  cet  acte  ne  coniprcMidra  pas  les  personnes  qui  out  I't-'rsonnesnoa 
prati(]uu  la  miideciue  sous  rautoiite  d'uno  licenco  eiiKinant  d'un  i.°^^"fl"  ^"^"^ 
bureau  d'Elat,  ni  les  personnes  qui  peuvcnt  avoir  pratique  durant 
ciiiq  ana  dans  cet  Etat  on  tout  autre  dcs  Ktats  Ci)iif'»;dcres,  ni  aux 
femmes  pratiquant  la  mf'dcciuc,  comnie  telles,  et  (pie  cet  acte  aura 
forCi;  dc  loi  depuis  et  apies  sa  passation. 

[Si^ud.j  ADOLPUUS   pLIVlKK, 

Oratcui  de  la  Cliambre  des  Keprc'seutants. 
UENIiY  M.  II YAMS. 
Lienlenant-Gouvcrneur  et  ex'ofiScio  I'lesident  du  S'j;iat. 
Approuvt5  le  30  decembre,  18G2. 

[Signt'.j  THO.  0.  MOOKE. 

Gourerneur  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane. 
Pour  copio  conforme, 
r.  D.  Hardy, 
Secr(;taire  d'Etat. 


No  lO.J  ACTE 

Pour  autoriser  le  gouvorneur  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane  ^  presser 
dans  le  service  de  I'Etat  des  esclaves  et  autres  proprietcs  pour 
les  defenses  publiques  de  I'Etat  durant  la  guerre  actuelle. 

Sec.1.   II  est  dicr^te  par  le  S^nat  el  la   Chambre  dcs  Repr^senfants  de 
I'Etat  dela  Louisiane,  riunis  en  Assemblt'e  Ginerale;  Que  le  gouverncur  Touvoir   don- 
de  I'Etat   soit   ct  il  est    par  le  present   autorise    ^presser   dans  le  ne  au  gouver- 
fciervice  de  I'Etat,  aux  tins    de  c^  iistruire  des  fortifications   et  autres  °^"^  de  pree- 
ouvrages  de   defense  publiquo,    n'excedaut   pas  en    aucun  temps  la  vice  public  dea 
moitie  de  tons  les   esclaves   males  bien    portants  depuis   dix-huii  il  negr»'3.     <tc.. 
cinquante    ans  appartenaut  a  uue  ou  plusicurs    personnes,  ou  sous  pourcertaiaea 
la  charge  d'une  ou  plusieurs  personnes  dans  I'Etat  dc  la  Louisiane,       ' 
avec  tels   ustenailes  ct  autres   meubles  jugds  nccessaires  pour  faire 
travailler  ccs  esclaves  pro  rata,  et  les  esclaves  ainsi  presfcds  eeront 
cstimcs  par  des  (5valualeurs  asscrraentes  qui  seront  nonimes,  un  par 
I'officier  charge  de  presser  ct  un  autre  pnr  le  proprietaire  ou  la  per- 
Sonne  ayaut  la  charge  dcs  dits  csclaveb,  et  en  cas  de  desaccord,  les 
deux  evaluateurs  choisiront  un  arbitrc  ;  et  en  cas  de  negligence  ou 
de  refus  de  la  part  du  proprietaire   ou  de  la  personno  ayant  charge 
des  dits  esclaves,  alors  et  dans  co  cas,   les  deux  evaluateurs  scronu 
nommcs  par  les  officiers,    et  les  ustensiles  ct  les  nicubles  seront  cs- 
times   dtt  la   nicmc   inaui^rc:  et  il  est  par   Ic  present  du  devoir  des 
divers  sherifts  dans  I'Etat  dc  fournir  uac  liste  des  propri'.'taires  ct  le 

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ri  Acrs  01-    ISG'i". 

of  the  owiiers  and  n:imbcr  of  slaves  owned  or  in  pvisseis.sion  of 
o-dch  within  their  respcclive  iuristlictioii,  and  thut  the  Governor 
shall  delegate  the  same  authority  to  the  military  oflicer  [State*  or 
Confederate]  coinruundinj^  the  department  -where  the  fortiiications 
or  other  works  are  to  le  erected,  either  to  protect  or  redeem  any 
portion  of  the  State. 

Skc.  2.  Be  it  fiirtfip.r  enacted,  4y.,  That  in  case  of  the  loss  of  any 
snch  slave  or  slaves  by  reason  of  beir;;?  so  pressed  into  the  service 
of  the  State,  then  and  in  that  ease  the  owner  or  owners  shall  bo 
entitled  to  demand  and  receive  the  value  of  such  slave  or  slaves, 
payable  in  State  Trcasirry  notes,  and  the  owner  or  owners  of  sticU 
slaves  shall  be  entitled  to  demand  and  receive  wages  for  such  slave 
at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  per  day  for  each  and  every  day  actually 
employed  on  the  works  aiid  in  going  and  returning,  to  be  {?aid  in 
the  Treasury  notes  of  the  State  or  Confederate  States,  and  the  uten- 
sils and  other  property  pressed  shall  be  paid  in  like  ruanner  or  re- 
turned in  Wnd. 

Sec.  3.  Be  it  furlher  enacted,  S^-r.,  Thot  wliet»  i^^\y  Avcrk  f^■r  de- 
fence is  to  be  constructed  hi  any  part  of  the  State,  the  slaves  press- 
ed shall  be  taken  from  the  vicinfty  nearest  said  work  as  practica- 
ble, without  partiality  ;  and  in  case  any  person,  shall  neglect  or 
refuse  to  furnish  the  slaves,  being  noiified,  the  person  so  neglect- 
ing or  refusing,  together  with  the  ovv-ners,  shall  be  liable  to  and 
pay  a  fine  of  five  dollars  per  day  for  each  and  every  day  that  each 
and  every  slave  may  fail  to  attend  ;  to  be  recovered  by  summary 
process  on  the  certificate  of  the  officer  charged  to  make  the  press 
or  to  conduct  the  v%'ork. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant-Governor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Seaate. 

Approved  January  1st  1863. 

(Signed.)  THQ.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana 
A  true  copv, 

P.  1).  Haedy, 

Secretarv  of  State. 


No.  11.]  AN  ACT 

To   provide   a  Bummary  remedy  for  the  recovery  of  the  possessiou 
of  confiscated  property. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representativej 
Writ  of  pos-  cf  ike  Stale  of  Louisiana,  in  General  Asscmhly  convened;  That  wheu-« 
sefisioa  to  be  g^gj.  j^^y  gitJ2cn  of  this  State  or  any  of  the  Confederate  States,  or 
isf?uea  on  the  •'  •  i      .  ..i        •  l  -i-  v  •  *.       it  * 

affiddyit    of     ^"^   person  resident  therein,  not  a  citizeu,    his  agent,    attorney  at 

iiiiy     citizoD,  Ifi^^;.  or  in  fact,    shall  make  oath  before  any    Judge,   Juaticc  of  \\w 


ACnrS   DE   1S<^2.  IT 

T.ony.JtQ  d'csc'avcs  ftpparlenant  <  u  on  possession  die  cliacun  dnus* 
Jcurs  jui  itidictioiiS  rospcctivcs  tt  qn«^  le  gutivernfur  invc^tira  de  la 
iDemc  autoiite  I'dfficitT  niilitairc  (de  I'Etat  on  dc  l:i  roiifodoi'filini;) 
rommaiidant  le  dt'partein+'nt  <.ii  le.s  fortifii-ations  ou  aurres  onvrsgi-s 
doiv(M)t  etre  constiuils,  suit  pour  pioteger  cu  lepitiidie  quolqu-^ 
purtie  drt  I'Eiat. 

Skc.  2.  11  esl  de plus  d^i:r{l^,  ^c  ,  Qn'vn  cas  de  pertp  do  qnolqu'un 
des  dits  csclaves  par  puito  d'avoir  cfc-  ainni  prcp^t'^^  dans  le  R»;rvico 
de  I'Etat,  aluis  et  dans  ce  cas,  lo  pioprictaiie  ou  l<>.8  proprititairia 
aurout  droit  de  rocovoir  )a  valour  de.s  dits  esciave  cu  esclaves, 
payable  cti  hous  du  tresor  de  I'Klat,  vi  lo  proprit'iairo  on  les  pro- 
prietaires  des  difs  esclaves  aur.tnt  droit  de  deniaudor  ct  recevoir 
lialaire  pour  Icsdits  csclavos,  an  taux  d'niie  pi;iKfre  par  jiur  poor 
chaqne  jour  qu'ils  auroiit  ('•'<&  aclnellonient  employes  aux  cnvrag'og 
ct  en  allaut  et  revcnant,  qui  sera  payeo,  en  bens  dn  tresor  de  I'Etat 
oil  des  Ktats  Conft.dcres,  et  Uis  ustousiles  ot  aufr'd  proprietes  pred' 
6t^  seront  payes  de  la  n'om^  luaniere  ou  roetitm-s. 

Sec.  3.  Jl  est  de  plus  decrtli,  ^-c ,  Que  ^lr^(Jue  qnel<juo  cMjvrajrn 
de  dofensf?  doit  etie  construit  dans  queUjne  partie  de  I'Eiat,  lc8 
fsclaves  presses  seront  pris  dans  le  voisinapre  le  plus  jues  du  dit 
ouv:raT^e  autant  quo  possible,  sans  j.'artiallte,  et  an  cas  vix  qn'>lqu'uii 
Julji^Iigerait  on  retii.serait  de  fournir  les  csclaves  en  c(ant  noti6c,  1a 
porsonne  ainsi  ndgligeant  ou  rei'u.sant  ct  les  propric  aires  seront 
pjij  "ts  a.  ct  p:iieront  une  amende  de  cinq  yiiaslros  par  j  >ur 
j.iour  chaquc  jour  que  chacun  C\eo,  csclaves  roantjnera  de  se  icndro, 
qui  sera  recouvrable  par  procedure  Ronjniaire,  sur  le  certificat  de 
roflficier  charge  de  prcsaer  ou  de  conduire  Touvrage. 

(Signe.)  ADOLPIIUS  OLIVIER. 

Oratcur  de  la  Chambre  des  I'epresentants. 
HENRY  M.  IIYAM.-. 
Lieutenant  Gouverneur  et  ex-officio  I'ldsidcnt  du  Sonat, 
Appronv(^  Ic  ler  jxnvier,  1863, 

(Signe.)  TflO.  0.  MOORE. 

Gouverneur  de  TEtr-t  de  \a  Louisiane. 
/Tour  cooio  coufornic, 
^  V.  D.  Habdy, 

Secretaire  d'Etat. 

No.  11.;  ACTE 

Pour  fouiuir  uu  moyen    somniairo   de  recouvremcut   dc  posseesion 
des  proprie't(5s  confisqudcs. 

Sec.  1.  //  est  dtcr^.U  par  le  S^nol  et  la  Chambre  des  ri?pr(scntants  de 
(■Etat  dela  lyouisianc,  tennis  en  Asscmhlee  G^.n^r  alp;  Qne   lorsqu'un  ci- Wrir   de   po^ 
toyen    de  cet  Etat   ou  dc  quelque   autre    des    Etats  Conf»^d<5r(5s,  on  p'Wion  devant, 
quelque  personne   y  residant  n'ctant  pas  citoyen,  son  agent,  procu   ','''2^  ^^\^  *"'" 
reur  ou  representant  fera  sernoent  devant  un  juge,  juge  de  paix  oi;  f,.)'!.inu!^"ci- 
greflSor  d'unc  Cour    de  cot  Etat  qn'il  est    le  proprietaire  lt<gal  d'unc  i,.,\en  q'i«  ta 

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12  ACTS  OK  18G2. 

tliit  liis  pro-  i'eaco,  or  Clerk  of  auy  Cuiu-t  in  tlii.s  Sta'.o  that  he  is  the  leg^al  owti- 
p-irty  is  in  the  ^.j.  ,,j-  ^.^.,^^^1,1  property  debCiibed  iu  his  affiiiavit,  and  that  suid  prop- 
linmis  or  other       .      •     ■     .1         n         1  ■  i-       ^.i       1    '     .  i      1     1  1  > 

V)ariicH  byvir-  *^'"^y  ''"^  '"  ^''^'   '''•^■)^'*'    pO'Se-SKiuu   ut   a  third  pariy,  who  holds  or  de 
J  lie  i.f  all  order  nics  liis  title  to  the  aiiiue  under    preteiire  ot  soinc  act  passed,  order 
of  the   U.  S.  isriiied,  decrci;  or  judgment  rendered,  ot"  the  civil  or  military  author- 
authoruica.       j^j^.^    of  the    L'liited    Siates  Covenimeiit  since  the  20lh  day  ot  Jan- 
uary, 18G1,  and  shall  tile  his  said  aflidavit  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk 
ot   t!io  District  Court  within    whose   jurisdiction  said  property  may 
he  situated,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  clerk  to  issue  immediately, 
upon  said  aflidavit,  without  any  further  order,  a  writ  of  possession, 
directed    to    the  sherifi'  of  the  parisli,  commanding  him  to  put  said 
owner,  his  agent  or  attorney  iu  fact,  or  attorney  at  law,  as  the  caso 
may  be,  in  possession  of  the  properly  claimed  and  described  iu  said 
Proviso.  ailidavit,  without  any  delay  or  notice  to  the  illegal    possessor  ;  pro- 

vided, the  party  making  the  affidavit  shall  give  bond  and  security, 
to  be  approved  of  by  the  Clerk  of  the  Court,  iu  a  sum  one-half  over 
and  above  the  value  of  the  property  sought  to  bo  obtained  in  favor 
of  the   opposite    party,    to    secure    him  for  the  loss  of  all  damages 
which  he  may  sustain  in  case  said  writ  shall  be  wrongfull}'  issued. 
Prepc'ipiiou       Sec.   2.  Bt  it  ficrther  tnaded,  ^-c,  That  the  remedy  given  by  this 
of  rtmtdygiv-  ;iot   for    the    recovery    of  the    possession  of  property  shall  only  be 
an  by  iLisact.  prescribed  by  the  lapse  of  live  years  from  the  date  of  tha  ratifica- 
tion of  a  treaty  of  peace  between  the  United  States  and    the  Con- 
federate States. 

Sec.  i>.     Be  it  further  enadcd,  i^c,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex  officio  President  of  the  Senate. 

Approved  January  2d,  1863. 

(Signed.)  ^  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Ciovcrnor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana. 

A  tru(>  copy, 

r.  I).  Uaruy, 

^Secretary  of  State. 


Ko.  U\l  JOINT  RESOLUTION 

Relative  to  Brigadier  General  J.  Trudcau. 

Section'  1.     Be  it  resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives 

Instructions  ^/  ^^*  State  of  Louisiana  in  General  Assembly  convened,  That  our  Sen- 

to  our  mem-  ators  in  Congress  be  instructed,  and  our  Representatives  requested 

bars  IE  Cou-  to  urge  upon  the  President  the  nomination  of  Brigadier  General  J. 

gress.  Trudeau  as  Brigadier  General  in  the  Confederate  States  army,  and 

that  be  be  asbicrucd  to  duty  in  liOuiBianH. 


cr;rtaine  ptupn'ele    df.-jritc  dans  son  aOitlavit   cl  que  laJito  propricte  )""i'p'"i«<^    f»t 
eat  dans   la  poBseseion  ill^pale   d'unc  troisienie    partie  qui   fii  lient  ''"^■'''1''*'™'*""' 
oil  lui  en  reruse  le  titre  sons   le  pr^fcxte  d'nn  af;te  past^t,  d'lin  ordre  tien'.  en  veri'ii 
t-mis,  d'lin  decret  ou  d'un  jiigeiiient  i<;iidu    par  les  autoritt-s  civiU-s  d'unor.lrpdt-s 
ou  militaires   dii  g^ouverncinent  des  Ktats  Uuifi,  dopuis  le  20e  jjur  "'""ntcs    d' § 
de  Janvier,  1861,    ot  enregistiera    son    dit  affidavit    an    huiean  dn  ''•  "^  • 
greffier  de  la  cour  de  district  dans  la  jnriHdictiun  de  la(]nollc  ludite 
propri(^td  pent  etre  sihide;  il  sera  dn  devuir  du  dit  {rn-fliicr  dVinettre 
jmmediatement,    Kiir  Icdit    aflidavit   sajis    autre    ordre  ultorieur,  nn 
writ  de  possession    adresf^d   an  sherif   do  la  paroisse  Ini  enjoipnanl 
de  mettre  ledit  propriotaire,  son  agent,  ou  roprd-cntant,  <m  protunur 
Relon  le  cas,  on  possession  de  la  propridte  reclamee  et  ddcriio   dans 
ledit    aflRdavit,    sans    aucun    delai   on    avis    an   possesseur  illdgal; 
ponrvu  que    la  partie  faisant  ^affidavit   donne    caution   et   st  cnriid 
qui  Boient  approuves  par  le  grcftier  dc  la  cour,    pour  nn  monfant  du  Proviso. 
moitid  au-desKUS    de  la  valenr  de   la  propriotd  qu'ell-'    veut  obtciiir, 
rn  faveur  do  la  partie  opposde,  pour  la  garantir  de  la  pcrte  de  tons 
dommages    qu'elle    pourrait   encourrir   au   cas  oii  ledit  writ  serait 
injnstcnient  lancd. 

.Sec.  2.  //  est  dc  j)lns  d^crlli,  S^-c,  Quo  Ic  remi'de  ofl'crt  par  cct  rrcseription 
acte  pour  le  rccouvremcnt  de  possessiorj  do  propridtds  ne  sera  pres-  '!"  rcmcde  of- 
rrit  qjie  par  le  lapse  de  cinq  ans  de  la  date  de  la  raiillcation  d'nn  ^'"'j'  ^^^  ^*' 
traitd  de  paix  cntre  Ics  Etats  Unis  et  les  Etats  Confdddrds. 

Sec.  3.  Tl  est  de  plus  decr{t(,  t^c.,  Que  cet  acte  aura  force  dc  lof, 
de  la  date  dc  ga  passation. 

(Signo  )  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIEK, 

Oratcur  de  la  Chambrc  des  Roprdsentants. 

HEN'RY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutcnant^Gouverneur  et  cx-officio  iVdaident  du  Senat. 

Approuvc  lo  2  Janvier,  1863. 

(Signd.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouverncur  de  I'Etat  do  la  fiouisiane. 

Pour  copie  conforme, 
P.  D.  Hardy, 
Secretaire  d'Elat. 


No.  12.]  RESOLUTION  CONJOINTE 

Relative  au  Brigadier  G^ndral  J.  Trndeau. 

Sec.  1.  11  est  r^solu  par  If.  S^nat  et  la  Chamhrc  des   B^epr^seniants  de 
VEtat  de  la  Louisiane  r^unis  en  AssembUe  (i6n4rale;  Que  uos  adnateurs  loelrnctioni  0 
au  congres   soient   ioformes  et  nos   repr^aentants  requis  d'insistor  "ob    membre* 
aupr^  du  Prdsident  pour  que   le  Brigadier  G^ndral  J.  Trudeau  soil  ***  congree. 
noramd  Brigadier  Gdndral  dans  i'armde  Confeddrdc,  ot  quo   aon  ser- 
vice I'assigne  en  Lo'7?6''anp 

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5  3  ACTS  i.K    186"3. 

Bf.  U  lltM-lced  further,  Tuat  tho  O  ./venior  '.^i  ihis  St-ite  transmit 
oopicrt  ot  these  rtsulutiuus  to  our  ."Senators  and  Kepresent ativi.3  in 
'C'origrcss. 

.: Signed  )  Ar»0LPnU3  '.LIVIEK. 

SpeciVzer  fif  the  House  of  Repres'-ulalivcs. 
HE.VRY  M.  11  YAM :^, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex-officio  President  uf  tbe  Senate. 
.Appruved  Jaiiuarv  3d,  U63. 

THO.  0.  MOORE, 
Governor  uf  thy  Sta(-e  of  Louisiana. 
A  true  copy, 

P.  D.  iiARi;r. 

Secrt-tary  of  Stat*\ 


No.  13  J  A  JOINT  RKSOLUTION 

Authorizing  the  Governor  tu  piiy  to  Ursin  Jacob,  Sheriff  of  the 
parish  of  St.  Joiiii  the  Baptist  the  sura  of  six  hundred  dollars. 
Be  it  resolved  by  (he  Senate  and  House  of  Rej)  resent  a  Lives  of  the  State 
of  Louisiana,  hi  General  Assembly  convened,  That  the  Governor  of  the 
iitate,  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  pny  tu  Ui  sin  Jacob,  Sheriff  of 
the  parish  of  St.  John  tlie  Baptist,  tiie  sum  of  six  hundred  dollars, 
being  the  amount  due  to  said  Jacob  for  having-  tr;insf(;rred  ecrtaiu 
Klaves  from  the  parish  jail  of  the  parish  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  to 
Thibodeaux,  under  orders  issued  by  authority  of  the  Colonel  com- 
manding tiie  Regiment  of  St,  John  the  Baptist. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Goyernor  and  ex-ofilcio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  January  3,  1862. 

(Signed.)  TLIO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana,  ■ 
A  tru-?  copy. 

P.  I).  Haf-dy, 

Secretarv  of  State. 


No.  U  ]  AN  ACT 

Approprialing  four  thousand  dollars  to  the  Auditor  and  Treasurer 
for  the  employment  of  additional  clerks  to  number  and  sign 
Treasuiy  notes. 

Sec.  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the.  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the 

Attpropridoa  State  of  JLouisiand,,in  General  Assembly  convened;  That  the  sura  ot  tour 

of  $4000  &ite  thousand  dollars, "or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be   and 

purposes.         \}^q  game  is  hereby  appropriated,    in  addition  to  a  like  sum  already 

appropriated,  under  an  act  entitled  :    "An  Act  to  raise  money  for 

thti  State  Treasury,  adopted  at  tbo  preaeut  sessior^,  to  the  Auditor 

2i 


ACTES  DE   i862i.  13 

Qii^it  soil  dc  plus  rcsoltb,  Que  le  gouvcrncur  de  cot  Etat  transmettc 
copies  de  ces  rt-solutions  a  nos  seualeura  ct  represeutants  au  con~j 
grcs. 

(Signd,)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  dc  la  Charabre  des  ReprJseutants. 
HENRY  M.  HtAMS, 
Lieutenant^Gouvcrncnr  ct  ex-ofl3cio  President  du  Scnat, 
Approiivd  le  3  Janvier,  1863. 

(Signd.j  TUO.  0.  MOORE, 

GoUvcrneur  de  I'Etat  dc  la  Lotiisianc. 
Pour  copic  con  forme, 

P.  D.  IIakdv,  Secretaire  d'Etat. 


No.  13.]  RESOLUTION  CONJOINTE 

Autorisant   Ic   gouvcrncur  a  payer  a  Crsiu  Jacob,    sbcrif  de  la  pa- 
roisse  de  St.  Jean  Baptiste,  la  sominc  de  six  cent  piastres. 

II  est  resohi  -par  le  S^nat  d  la  Chambre  dcs  Rcprcscntants  de  VElat 
de  la  Louislanc  reiinis  tn  Asscmblce  Gincrah;  Qne  le  gouverneur  do 
I'Etat  soit  ct  il  est  par  le  present  autorisc  a  payer  a  Ursin  Jacob, 
sluirif  de  la  paroisse  de  St.  Jean  Baptiste,  la  soinmo  de  six  cent 
piastres,  titant  le  montant  du  au  dit  Jacob  pour  avoir  transftire 
certains  esclaves,  de  la  prison  de  paroisse,  de  la  paroisse  dc  St 
Jean  Baptiste  a  Thibodeaux,  d'aprcs  les  ordres  donncis  par  le  colonel 
Commandant  le  regiment  dc  St.  Jean  Baptiste. 

(Siguc.)  ADOLPHtJS  OLIVIEI^, 

Orateur  de  la  Chambre  des  Reprc'sentants. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Gouverneur  et  ex-ofiBcio  President  du  Senat; 
ApproWve  le  3  Janvier,  1863. 

(Signe.)  TDO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouvcrncur  de  I'Etat  de  la  Lonieiane; 
Pour  copie  conforme, 
P,  I).  HaeOy, 

Secretaire  d'Etat. 


No.  14.j  ACTE 

Appropriant  quatrc  mille  piastres  a  I'anditeiir  ct  trcsorier,  pour 
I'emploi  de  commis  additionnels  pour  numeroter  ct  signer  les 
bons  du  tresor. 

Section  1.  II  est  d^criHe  par  k  S6nat  et  la  Chnmhre  dcs  Rcprdstntanls 
de  I'Etat  de  la  Loxdsiane  r^iinis  en  Asscmhlic   Gcn^rale;  Que  la  somme  Appropri'tioti 
de  quatre  mille  piastres,  ou  autant  qu'il  en  sera  necessaire,  soit  et  de  $4000  et  st 
elle  est  par   le  present  appropriee   en  plus   de  pareille  somme  ddja  quellcs  fins, 
approprice  par  un  acte  intitule  :  "  Acte  pour  prelever  Targent  pour 
le  Trcsorier  d'Etat,"  adopte  ii  la  session  uctuelle,  pour  I'Audilcur  ct 

25 


14  Af-rs  oi    1SG2. 

and  Treasnror  for  the    purpose    of  cmpolying    additional    clerks  id 
number  and  Kig'ii  'J'rr'usmT  notes. 

.SiCC.  2.  J>c  it  further   enaded,    4-c.,   That  tliis  act  tiikc  eflect  itoiii 
and  lifter  its  passug'e. 

(S!<-iicd.)  ADOLPHUS  OIJVIEll, 

Speaker  of  tlie  House  of  KepresentativoH. 
IIENKY  M.  nYAi\lS, 
Lientenant  Gov(M-nor  and  ox-officio  Tresident  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  Jauirarv  3d,  18G3. 

(Signed)    ■  TITOS.  0.  MOORE,      , 

Gm-crnor  of  the  State  of  Louisia'Jia'.' 
A  trnc  eopv. 

}'.  D.  'Uaiiiiv, 

Scrreliuv  ')f  State' 


So.  I5-.J  AN  ACT 

For  the  relief  of  tlie  New  Orleans  Coast  and  Lafourche  Transport- 
ation Company'. 

Sec.    1.     B;:  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of 

^50,000  ap-  the  State  of  Louisiana,  in  General   AssevibJy  convened;  That  the  sum  of 

j;»ropiiattil  tofii'iy   thousand    dollars  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated  out 

cojSp'auv^^  '^^^"'^ '"°"*-'^  '"^  ^^'® '^'^^^''^"^y*  ^^"^  othervv-ise  appropriated,  to  be 
paid  to  John  J.  Brown,  a^eirt  of  tire  New  Orleans,  Coast  and  La>> 
fourche  Transportation  Company,  a  private  corporation  under  the 
laws  of  the  State,  as  an  equitable  and  fuH  indemnity  for  the  steam- 
boat Mifaic,  the  property  of  said  company,  which  was  taken  from 
them  by  the  authority  of  the  Governor   of  the  State  and  converted 

Conditicns,  into  a  public  aru'cd  vessel  ;  and  that  said  sura  be  paid  on  the  war- 
rant of  the  Aiuditor  'of  Public  Accounts,  upon  the  said  Brown  fur- 
trishing  the  said  Auditor  with  full  proof  of  his  authority  t©  repre- 
sent the  owners  of  said  vessel ;  Provided,  That  the  Treasurer  re- 
tain the  shares  of  all  members  of  the  Company  who  may  have  tak- 
en the  oath  of  allegiance  to  the  Government  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted  ^-c,  That  this  act  go  into  effect  from' 
and  after  the  date  of  its"  passage. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS   OLIVIER,^ 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Senatel 

Approved  January  3,  18G3. 

(Signed.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Oovernor  of  the  State  of  Louisian»i' 
A  true  copy. 

P,  1).  "Hardy, 

Secretary  of  Slate. 


ACTE?  rtK  1862.  14 

'l-resorier,  afin  d'employrn-  dos  commis  additionnels   pour  numfjroter 
et  signer  les  bona  du  Tresor. 

3f.c.  2.  II  est  (ic  plus  d^cr^U',  ^-c,  Que    cet  ^;:te    aura  force   do  loi, 
de  la  (^ate  de  sa  passation. 
■  (Signe.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  (]e  la  (.'l.ambro  d(  s  Ileprtiserit;tntg- 
HKNRY  M.  IiyAJ^IS, 
Lieutenant  Gouverneur  et  ex-officio  Piiisident  da  Senat. 
Approuvc  le  3  Janvier,  186.'}. 

(Signe.)  TIIO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouverneur  de  I'Etot  de  la  Louisiano. 
Pour  copie  conforme, 
P.  D.  Hardy, 
Seorfitaire  d'Etat. 


No.  If). J  ACTK 

pour  venir   en  aide  a  la  Compagnie   de  Transportation   de  la  Xou- 
velle  Orleans,  la  Cute  et  Lafourche. 

Sec.   1.  Jl  est  d^crcK  par  le  S^-nat  et  la  Chambre  des  Rrpr^scntants  de 
l'£tat  de   la  Louisinne,  'r^unis   en  Assembke  Generate;  Que  la  somme  $30000  appro- 
de  cinquante   mille  piastres   soit,   et  elle  est  par  le  present  ^ppro-  pricps  pour  ia 
price,  de  tout  argent  dans  le  Tn'sor  (|ui  n'est  pas  autremeut  appro-  ^''l*^     compa- 
pri(5,  pour  I'tre  payee  a  John  J.  Brown,   agent   de  la  Compagnie  de 
Transportation  de  la  Konvelle  Oih'ans,  la  Cute  et  Lafourche,  corpo- 
ration particuliore  sous  les  lois  de  I'Etat,  commc  iudemnitr'  equitable 
et  entiore   pour  le    bateau  a  vapeur  Music,    appartenant  a   ladite 
compagnie,  qui   lui  a  lite   pris   et  convert!   en  un    vaisseau  public 
arme;  et  que  ladite  somme  soit  payee  sur  Ic  warrant   de  I'Auditeur  Condltiom 
des  comptes   publics  lorsque   ledit  Brown  fournira  au  dit  Auditeur 
des  preuvcs  entieres  de  sou  autorite  de  representer  les  proprietaircs 
du  dit  vaisseau;  pourvu  que  le  Tresorier  reticnne  les  parts  dc  tous 
les  membres   de  la  compagnie    qui  auraient   pris  le  serment  d'all*' 
geaucc  au  gouverncment  des  Etuts  Unis. 

Sec  2.  //  est  de  plus  d^xrHU,  S)-c.,  Que  cet  acte  aura  force  de  lo 
a  parlir  de  sa  passation. 

[Signe.]  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  CLambre  des  Repniseutants. 

HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutcnant-Gouverneur  et  ex'officio  President  du,  Senat. 

Approuve  le  3  Janvier,  1863. 

[Signe.]  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouverneur  de  TEtat  de  la  Louisiane. 
Ppur  copie  conforme, 
P.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretaire  d'Etat. 

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lo  ACTS    Ot     iSOli. 

Nd.  iG.]  AN  ACT 

For  the  relief  of  Sheriffs  ^nd  State  Tax  Collectors. 
Section   1.     Be  ii  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Reprcsentaiives 
of  the  State  of  Louisiana  in  General  Assembly  convened,  That  all  Sher- 
iffs aud  State  Tax  Collectors  who  have  failed  to  effect  llieir  final  set- 
tlement with  the  State  for  the  taxes  of  J.860    and    18  61,   and  for  li- 
censes of  1861  and  1862,    in  accordance  with  an  act  entitled:  "  Aq 
'^'^'^   ^^*''^°'^'  act  providing  a  revenue  for  the  State,  and  the  manner  of  collecting 
collectoi-s^  l?>r  ^^'^  same,"  approved  12th  March,  1855  ;  and  an  act  entitled  :  "  Aq 
the     comple-  act  for  the  relief  of  the  Sheriffs  and  State  Tax  Collectors",  approved 
tioa  of  tbcir  31st  of  December,  1861,  be  aud  they  are  hereby  allowed  an  cxten- 
collectious.      gjon  of  time  until  the  1st  day   of  June,    1863,'^ for   the  final  settle- 
rnent  of  the  balances  due  by  them  on  the  taxes  of  1860  and  licens- 
es of  1861,  and  until  the  1st  daj^  of  December,    1863,    for  the  final 
Ecttleraent   on   the  taxes  of  1861  and  licenses  of  1862.     Provided, 
that  the  securities  ©u  the  bonds  of  said  Sheriffs  and  Tax  Collectors 
approved  of  by  this  section  of  the  act  in  writing,  deposited  and  se- 
cured in  the  office  of  the  Recorder  of  their  parish,  a  copy  of  which 
be  deposited  in  the  Auditor's  office  ;  and,  provided  further,  that  no 
Collector  of  Taxes  for  the  year  1860,  and  licenses  for  the  year  1861, 
shall  be  entitled  to  the  provisions  of  this  act  who  shall  not,  by  the 
1st  day  of  March,  1863,  pay  into   the  State   Treasury,  under  oath, 
the   amount  of  taxes   and   licenses  {le  may  have  collected  by  that 
time. 
.  .         Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  Sfc,  That  all  Sheriffs  and  State  Tax 

sicas^  aU^weT  Collectors  who  shall  comply   with   the  above  section,  shall  be  enti- 
'  tied  to  their  commissions  for  the  amount  actually  collected  and  paid 
over,  as  if  they  had  settled  within  the  time  prescribed  by  law. 

Sec.  3.  Be   it  further  enacted^  Sfc,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Senate, 
Approved  January  3d,  1863. 

(Signed)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Goverpor  of  the  Stj^tc  of  Louisiana, 
A  true  copv, 

P.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretary  of  State. 

No.  n.]  AN  ACT 

To  suspend  the  collection  of  Municipal  Taxes  in  the  city  of  New 
Orleans,  during  the  continuance  of  the  present  war  between  the 
Confederate   States   and   the   United  States,  and  for  six  months 
thereafter. 
Sec.  1.  Beit  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the 

State  of  Louisiana,  in  General  Assembly  convened  ;  That  the  collection 

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ACTES    1)E     1^(>'2,  15 

No  16.j  ACTE 

Four  vcnir  en  aide  aus  Sluirifs  et  aus  C'ollcctenrs  des  Taxes  d'Etat. 
Seo.1.  II  est  (IccrcLc  par  Ic  Scnat  ct  la    Chnmbrc  drs  Repr{:sentants  de 
I'Etat  dela  Lovisiane,  r^uniscn  Asseinblve  (jfncrole;  Que  tons  ies  shcrifs 
et  !l'S  collecteurs   dcs  taxes   d'P]tat   qui    ont   manque   de  faire  leur 
rt^glenieiit  fiual  avec  I'Etat  poui-    Ies  taxes  de  1S60  et  1861,  et  pour 
Ies  licences  de    18G1    et   1862,   conformeiraeut  a  un   acte  intitule: 
"  Acte  pour  former   nn  rcvenu  pour  I'Etat,  et  la  maniere  de  le  col- 
lecler,"  approuve  le  13  mars,  1855,  et  un  acte  intitule:  "  Acte  pour  Extension    de 
veiiir   en  aido    aux  slu'rifs   et   aux  coUectcurs   dcs   taxes  d'Etat,"  temps  auxcol- 
approuvt!    le  21  decembre,  1861,  soient,    et  ils    sont  par  le   present  lecteurs     dea 
allouiis   unc  extension    de  temps  jusqu'au    ler  juin,  1SG3,  pour  le  poa7 terminer 
reglement  final  des  balances  dues  par  oux  sur  Ies  taxes  de  1860  et  lenrs    coUec- 
les  licences  de  1861,  et  jusqu'au  ler  decembre  1863,  pour   le  regie-  tions. 
mcnt  final    des  taxes  de  1861  et  des  licences  do  1862;  pourvu  que 
Ies  cautions  sur  I'obligation  des  dits  sherifs   et  collecteurs  de  taxes 
approuvues  par  cette   section  de  I'acte  sur  Ocrit,  depose  et  prcservii 
dans    le    bureau    du   Recorder   de   leur   paroisse,  dont   une   copie 
soit  deposee  dans  le  bureau  de  I'Auditeur;  et  pourvu  en  outre  qu'an- 
cun  collecteur   de  taxes  pour  I'annoo  1860  et  de  licences  pour  I'an- 
nee  1861,    n'ait   droit  aux  provisions  do  cet  acle   s'il  ne  paie,  pour 
le  ler  mars  1863,  au  tresor  de  I'Etat,    sous  serment,  le  montant  des 
taxes  et  des  liceuces  qu'il  pnurra  avoir  collecte  jusqu'alors. 

Sec.  2.  11  est  de  flus    d{cr^li,  ^-c,  Que  tous   Ies  sherifs   et  los  col-  Lour  comtjiis- 
lecteurs   de  taxes   d'Etat  qui    se  conforraerout  a  la   section  susdite  ^^^^  allouee, 
auront  droit  a  leur  commission  pour  le  montant  qu'ils  auront  actuel- 
lement  collecte   et  payd,   comme   s'ils  eusseut   paye  dans   le  temps 
prescrit  par  la  loi. 

Section  3.  II  est  de  plus  i^crttt,  6fc.,  Que  cet  acte  aura  force  de 
loi.  de  la  date  de  sa  passation. 

(Signo.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  Charabre  des  Rj^presentanta. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant-Gouverneur  et  ex-officio  President  du  Senat. 
Approuve  le  3  Janvier,  1863. 

(Signe.)  THO.  0.  MOORE. 

Gouverneur  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane. 
Pour  copie  con  forme, 
P.  D.  Hardt, 

Secretaire  d'Etat. 


No  17.]  ACTS 

Pour  suspendre  la  collection  des  taxes  municipales  dans  la  cit(;  de 
la  Nonvelle  Orleans  durant  la  continuation  de  la  guerre  actuelle 
entre  Ies  Etats  Coufoderes  et  Ies  Etats  Uiiis,  et  pour  six  mois 
au-delu. 

Sec.  1.  Rest   deer  €1^  par  h  Scnat   et  la  Chambrc  des  Rcprisentants 
de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane  rtjiuiisen  Assemblte  G^n^rale;  Que  la  collection 

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]i'r  ACTS  OF  1862. 

of  ^runicipnl  Tax«s  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans  hIiuII  bo  snspoiided 
diii'ih^  the  pontiiiuaiice  of  the  present  wur  belveeu  the  ConCedeiate 
Stales  and  the  Ljiiled  States,  uiid  fur  six  months  thereafter. 

Sec.  ^.  Be  it  further   enacted,  ^-c.,  That  tliis   act   shall  take  effect 
from  and  after  its  passage. 
--■  '''■     (Signed  )  APOLPHUS  QLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex  o^cio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  January  3,  1863. 

(Signed.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  Stale  of  Louisiana. 
A  true  copy, 

P.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretarv  of  State. 


No.  18.]  AN  ACT 

For   the   relief  of  Oramel  Hiuckley   &  Co.,  and  a,ppi;opiiating  two 
thoijsand  six  hundred  and  eighty-eight  dollars. 
Sec.   1    Be  it  enacted  by,  tine  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
State  of  LoMisiana,  in    General    As^semhly  convened;  That  the  sum  of 
$2.G88  allow-  two  thousand  six  hundred  and  eighty-eight  dollars  be  and  the  same 
It    k^^^A-r    ^^  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury,   not  oth- 
,.    .       erwise  appropriated,   to  pay    Oramel  Hinckley  &  Co.,  for  the  trans- 
portation   al^oard   their  steamboat,  the  Ninna  Simmes,  of  one  hun- 
dred and  ninety  two  men  belonging  to  the  volunteer  corps  of  State 
troops  under  Col.  S.  D.  Ashe,  from  Washington,  in  the  parish  of  St. 
Landry,  to  New  Oi lean.*,  parish  of  Orleans,  and  back  from  said  city 
of  New   Orlea,ns   to   said    town   of  Washington,   in   the  n^onth  of 
March,    18(12,  at  the  rate  of  seven  dollars  per  man  going  and   com- 
ing,  according   to  contract  with  Brigadier  General  John  G.  Pratt, 
coniraap^ing  9tU   Brigade   La.  Militia,  made  by  him  \yith  said  Ora- 
mel Hinckley  4-  Co,  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  orders  No.  18, 
from  the  Headquarters  of  the  Major  General  command.ing  the  State 
troops,  and  that  said  sum  be  pa^d  on  the  \varrant  of  the  Auditor  of 
Public  Accounts. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  ^-c,  That  this  act  go  into  effect  from 
and  after  the  date  of  its  passage. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieuten.aut-Governor  and  ex-oflScio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  January  8d,  1863. 

(Signed.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Loi^'^' 
A  true  copy, 

P.  I).  Hardt, 

Secretary  of  State, 

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/CTE3    PE    1802.  le 

tics  taxes  muiiicipalcs  dans  la  cite  de  la  XduvcIIc  Orlu.ins  Bcra  sus- 
peiidue  durarit  la  continuation  de  la  g'uerr^  actuello  cntre  les  Etats 
Confederes  et  les  Etats  IJnis  et  pendant  six  mnis  audehi. 

Sec.  2.  11  est  de  flus  decrHi,  ifc,  Que  cet   acte  aura  loicc  dc  loi, 
de  la  date  de  wa  passation. 

(Signo.j  AD.OLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Oiateur  de  la  Cliainbie  des  Rrpri^seulants. 
HKNKY  M.  H^AMS, 
Lieutehant-Gouverneur  et  ex-officio  President  du  Seuat. 
Appronvo  le  3  Janvier,  1803. 

(Signe.)  TIIO.  0.  MOORE. 

Guuvenieur  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiarie. 
Pour  cOpie  conforme, 
P.. I).   Hardy. 
Secretaire  d'Elat. 


No.  18. 1  ACTE 

Pour  venif   aTi  sfceours   de  Oramel  Hirtcktey  &  Co.,   et  appropriaut 
deux  mille  six  cent  quatre-vingt  huit  piastres. 

Sec.  1.  //  est  dicr6l6  par  h  S'6nnt  rt  la  Chnmbre  des  Reprhentants  de 
VEtat  de  la  Lonisiane,  reunis  en  Assembh'c  (ifnirak;  Que  la  somrae  de  $2C88  accor-; 
deux  tnillc  six  cent  (juatre-vingt  liuit  piastres  soit,  et  clle  est  par  lo  l^f-^' ki^'^^'?^^^ 
present  appropriee  de  tout  argent  dans  le  tresor  pas  autremeut  ap-  "  J  •* 
proprie,  pour  payer  a  Oramel  Hinckley  «&  Co.,  pour  Ic  passage  sur 
leur  bateau  :\.  vapeur,  le  Ninna  Simraes,  de  cent  quatre-vingt-douze 
horamos  appartenaut  au  corps  volontairc  des  troupes  de  I'Etat  8(»us 
Ic  colonel  S.  D.  Ashe,  de  Washington,  paroisseSt.  Landry,  a  laN'lle. 
Orleans  paroisse  d'Orleans,  et  leur  retour  de  laditc  ville  de  la  Nile. 
Orleans  a  ladite  ville  de  Washington,  dans  le  mois  de  mars  1862,  au 
taux  de  sept  piastres  par  homme,  allant  et  revenant,  d'apres  un 
contrat  avec  le  Brigadier  General,  John  G.  Pratt,  commandant  la 
9e  brigade  de  la  railice  de  la  Louisiane,  passe  entre  lui  et  lesdits 
Oramel  Hinckley  «fe  Co.,  afin  d'executer  les  ordres  No.  18  des  quar- 
tiers-generaux  du  major-g(3neral  commandant  les  troupes  de  I'Etat, 
et  que  ladite  somme  soit  pa3'ee  sur  le  warrant  de  I'Auditeur  des 
comptcs  publics. 

Sec.  2.  //  est  de  plus  d^cr^ld,  ^-c,  Que  cct  acte   aur*  force   de  loi, 
de  la  date  de  sa  passation. 

(Signe.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  Chambre  des  Reprdscntants. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Gouverneur  et  exofficio  Pr(jsidcnt  du  Sdnat. 
Appfou-)?^  le  8  janTier,  1809. 

(Sign6.>  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouverneur  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane, 
.t'our  copie  conforme, 
P.  D.  Hardv, 
Secretaire  d'Etat, 

31  I.    . 


ti  ACTS  OF  1862. 

No.  19.]  AN  ACT 

Defining  the  duties  of  the   Auditor  of  Public  Accounts  and  of  the 
State  Treasurer  in  certain  cases. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  ike  Senate  and  HoKse  of  Representatives 
Auditor  to  re- "/ ^^^^  State  of  Loxdsiana,  in  General  AssemUy  convened]  Tliat  until 
fuse  to  issue  otherwise  specially  directed  by  law,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
his  warrant  to  Auditor  of  Public  Accounts  to  refuse  to  issue  any  warrant  or  war- 
persons  siis-  i-ants  on  the  State  Treasurer  in  favor  of  any  person,  liis  aqrent  or 
loyally  attorney,  wliora  he  may  have  reason  to  believe  has,  since  the  2Gth 

day  of  Januarjr  ISGl,  taken  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  the  U.  States  of 
America,  or  otherAvise  afforded  aid  and  comfort  to  the  public  enemy-,' 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Treasurer  to  refuse  to  pay  any 
warrant  or  warrants  drawn  in  favor  of  any  person  whom  ho  may 
have  reason  to  believe  has  taken  any  such  oath  or  afforded  siich  aid 
and  comfort,  his  agent  or  attorney  ;  and  that  this  act  take  effect 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER' 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  es-officio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  January  3,  18G2. 

(Signed.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Loui^jiana. 
A  true  copy. 

P.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretary  of  State. 


No.  20.]  JOINT  RESOLUTION 

To  appoint  a  committee  of  thre6  from  the  Senate  and  five  from  the 
House  of  Representatives,  to  investigate  the  affairs  of  the  Jack- 
son and  Great  Northern  Rail  Road  Company. 

Resehed,  That  a  committee  of  three  members  of  the  Senate  and 
Coinmitteeap-  of  five  members  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  State  of 
objects  &^du-  Louisiana  be  appointed  by  the  President  ot  the  Senate  and  the 
ties.  Speaker   of  the   House,    to  proceed  to  Jackson  and  Canton,  Missis- 

sippi, and  investigate  the  affairs  of  the  Jackson  and  Great  Northern 
Railroad  Company,  to  inquire  into  and  report  the  management  of 
said  Railroad  Company,  the  rates  of  freight  and  passage  charged  ; 
whether  said  company  or  its  officers  hate  given  unjust  preference 
in  the  transportation  of  freight  ;  whether  unjust  advantage  has 
been  taken  of  the  owners  of  freight  by  the  said  company  or  its 
agents  ;  whether  the  said  company  have  refused  or  neglected  to 
pay  the  debts  thereof  when  funds  were  on  hand  that  could  be  ap- 
plied to  said  purpose  ;  that  the  said  committee  be  empowered  to 
send  fur  persons  and  papers,   and  report  at  the  next  session  of  the 


ACXES   DE    1862.  I 'I 

No.  19.1  ACTE 

JPour  d^finir  les  devoirs  de  I'Auditeur  des  comptes   publics  et  du 
Tresorier  d'Etat,  dans  certalas  cas. 

Sec.  1.  11  est  rdsolu  par  k  Sinat  el  la  Chamhre  des   Repr^seHlanls  de 
VEtat  de  la  Loidsianc  rcunis  en  Asscinhlte  Gen^rah;  Qup  jusqu'c^  ce  (|u'il  I-'auditeur  re- 
en  8oit  autrement  ordonne  8p(^cialement  par  la  loi,  il  t^era  du  devoir  [^^^^^^  ^"^J^ 
de  I'Auditeur  des  comptes  publics  de  refuser  d'cchettre  des  warrant  ^.j^^t  gy^  pg^. 
ou  warrants  sur  le  Tresorier  en  faveur  d'aucmie  pers'  nne,  sou  agent  sonnca    soup- 
ou  procurenr,  qu'il  a  lieu  de  croire  qui  a  pret(5  le  eerment  d'allegeance  counees  dedc- 
aux  Etats  Uuis,  depuis  le  26  Janvier  1.861,  ou  qui  a  autrement  aide  'oyaute. 
I'eunemi  public,  et  il  sera  du  devoir  du  Tresorier  d'Etat  de  refuser 
de  payer  tout  warrant  ou  warrants  emis  en  faveur  de  toute  pcrsonnc 
qu'il  aura  lieu  de  croire  qui  a  prete  tel  sennent  on  ainsi  aide,  ni  a  son 
agent  ou  procureur,  et  que  cct  acte  aura  force  de  loi  do  la  date  de 
sa  passation. 

(SigD(^.)  AD0LPHU3  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  Chambre  des  Rcpreseutants. 

HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Gouverneur  et  ex-officio  President  du  St^nat, 

Approuve  le  3  Janvier,  1863. 

(Sign.-.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouverneur  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiano, 

I'our  copie  conforme, 
F.  D.  ILvRDv, 
SecrtHaire  d'^fitat. 


No.  20.]  RESOLUTION  CONJOINTE 

Pour  nomrder  nn  comitc  de  trois  du  Senat  et  cinq  de  la  Chambre 
des  Feprdsentants,  pour  s'euquerir  des  affaires  de  la  Compag'nie 
du  Grand  Chemin  de  Fer  du  Nord  et  Jackson, 

R^solic,  Qu'un  comite  de  trois  membrcs  du  sdnat   et   cinq  de  la  Comitfi    nora- 
cbarabre  des  representantsde  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane  soit  nomme  par  f""^— ''^n    b'^* 
le  president  du  Senat  et  I'Oratcur  de  la  chambre  des  repi-e'.sentants,    tscMdoruus. 
pQur  se  rendre  a  Jackson  et  a  Canton,  Mississippi,  et  s'enquerir  d's 
affaires  de  la  coinpagnie  du  Grand  Chemin  de  Fer  du  Nord  et  J .  •  ■ 
son,  pour  s'enquerir  et  faire  leur  rapport   snr  I'administrati'in  d'  la 
ditc  Gompagnie   de  cherain   de  fer,    sur  les   prix  de    passage  et  de 
transport  charges,   si  laditc  compagnic   ou  ses   oflSciers  ont  donne 
des  preferences   injustes  dans  le  transport  du  fret,  si  ladite  compa- 
gnie  ou  sea  agents  se  sont  prevalus  d'avautagcs  injustes  envers  les 
proprietaircs   de  fret,  si  ladite   compagnie  a  refuse    ou  uegligd  do 
payer  ses  dettes  lorsqu'il  y  avait  en  main   des  fonds  qui  pouvaicnt 
y  etre  appliques,  que  ledit  coraite  ait  le  droit  de  faire  venir  les  per- 
lionues  et  les  papicrs,  ct  faseent  rapport  u  la  procbaiuc    session  do 

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18  ACTS  OF  1862. 

To  report  at  Legislature,  which  duties  shall  be  performed  without  compensatiori, 
the  next   ses-       ^  ^ 

Bion.  (Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  llie  House  of  liepresentatives. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex-ofScio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Apptoved  January  3,  18G3. 

(Signed.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gorernor  of  the  State  of  LotiisiaDS. 
A  true  copy. 

P.  D.  Hahdy, 

Secretarv  of  State'. 


No.  21 J  AN  ACT 

To  raise  an  Army  for  the  defence  of  the  State  of  Louisiana. 

Section  1.  Be  it  cnnttei  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  JRcpre^cntatlves 
'i'wenly  thons- cy  i/ie  Slate  of  Lotdsiana,  in  General  Assemhly  convened;  That  the 
and  men  to  be  Qovei'nor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized 
w'^LTT^oJur  to  raise  by  voluntary  enlistment  of  the  persons  not  in  the  service 
iuent.  of  t-he   Uonlederate    States,    any  number   not    exceeding    Iwenty 

Thousand  troops, — Artillery,   Cavalry  and  Infantry,  for  tlie  defence 
of  the  State,  to  serve  for  twelve  months,  unless  sooner  discharged. 
To  be  govern-      Sec,  2.     Be  it  farther  enacted,    Sfc,  That   said    troops,    when   so 
edby  ihe  arti-  raised  and  organized,  shall  be  regulated  and  governed  by  the  rules 
cleso.  Avar,     and  articles  of  war   adopted   by   the  Congress  of  the  Confederate 

States. 
Company  offi-      Sec.  3-      Be  it  further  enacted,    Sj-c,  That   each  Company  of  State' 
cer.  volunteers  so  raised,  shall  consist  of  one   Captain,   one  Pirst  Lieu- 

tenant, one  Second  Lieutenant,  one  Second  Junior  Lieutenant,  five 
Sergeants,    four   Corporals,    and  not  less  than  sixty-four  nor  more 
th^n  one  hundred  privates — said  companies  shall  have  the  right  of 
electing  their  own  officers. 
Officers     and      Sec.  4.     Be   it  further  enacted,  Sfc,  That  not  less  than  ten  compa- 
compatiies   in  rijes  so  organized,  sliall  form  a  regiment,  and  the  commissioned  oiS- 
aregiaaerifc.      cers  of  companies  shall  have  the  right  of  electing  one  Colonel,  one 
Lieutenant  Colonel  and  a  Major  for  eiach  regiment,  tvho  shall  be  com- 
missioned by  the  Governor. 
Officers  \Q  be      Sec  5.  Be  if  farther  e7iacted,  ^-c.,  That  the  Colonel  shall  have  the 
^ppomtea.       right  to  appoint  one  Adjutant,    one   Sergeaut-Major,   one   Surgeon, 
one  Assistant  Surgeon,  one  Quarter-Master  who   shall  act  as  Com- 
missary and  PaysMaster,   one  Assistant   Quarter-Master  and  such 
others  of  his  staff  as  tlib  army  regulations  may  require.     The  com- 
missioned officers  of  his  staff  to  be  duly  commissioned  by  the  Gov- 
ernor. 
Brigade.  Sec  6.  Be  it  ftorther  enacted,   cj-c,  That  not  less  than  three  regl^ 

ments  shall  compose  a  Brigade. 
Baltalions.         Sec.  7.     Be  it  further   enacted,  ^-c.  That  the  Governor  shall  have 
the  right  to  form  aoy  number  of  Companies  less  than  ten  and  mor«i 

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AGTE3  or.  iS6i.  I'* 

ia  It-gisiatiu-e;  Dulle  compensation  ne  sera  accordee  a  raccomplisse   p„^t^a^?^pro- 
uient  de  ces  devoirs.  chainescsssioD- 

(Sigiie.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  Chambre  des  Rfpresotitaxts, 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS. 
LieutenanUGoiivemeur  et  ex-olliciu  Prudident  da  Siinat. 
Approuvc  le  3  Janvier,  1863. 

(Signe.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouvcrnenr  de  I'Etat  de  U  Louisiane. 
Pour  copie  conformc. 
P.  D.  Hardy. 
Secretaire  d'Etat. 


Ko.  21. J  ACTE 

Pour  lever  une  arrat'c  pour  la  dtifense  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane. 

Sec.   1.  Le  Scnai  el  la    Chainlre  des  Repr^senlants   de    VElat  de   la 
Louisiane,  riiinis  en  Asxcrahlce  G^ntiralc.  decirtent;  Que  le  Gouverneur  Vingt      milb 
de    I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane  suit,    ct  il   est  par  le    present  autorise   a  hommes  ec- 
lever,    par  engagement    volontairo  de    personnes  qui  ne  sont    pas  ''°^'  '^^^^  P^*" 
dans    Ic  service  des  Etats   Confddcios,  un  nombre  de  troupes    com-  vofontaire. 
posces  d'artillcrie,  de  cavalcrio  et  d'infautcric  pour  le  service  de  I'E- 
tat, n'oxcedant  pas  vingt  niille  hoiumes.     Cos  troupes  devront  servjr 
doiize  mois  ou  moins  si  leurs  services  ne  sont  plus  uecessaires.  Scront, 

Sec  2.  //  est  de  ■plus  dccriU,  S^c,  Les  dites  troupes,  aiusi  leveeis  kernes  pur  Ics 
et  orgauisdes,  seront  regies  et  gouvernces  par  ks  reglements  de  articles  dc  la 
guerre  adoptes  par  le  Congres  des  Etats  Cunfeddrds.  guerre. 

Sec  3.  11  est  de  plus  d^cr(t{\    (^c,  Chaquc    compagnie  de   volon-     Officicra  da 
taires  de  I'Etat,  aiusi  levde,  sera  composde  d'un  capitaine,  ua   pre-  cotupaguies. 
mier   lieutenant,  un   second   lieutenant,  un   sons  lieutenant,    cinq 
sergents,    quatre  caporaus,    pas  moins  de  soisante-quatre    soldata 
ni  plus  de  cent.     Lesditcs  compagnies  auront  le  droit  d'dlire   leurs 
proprcs  oQicicrs. 

Sec.  4.  11  est  dc.phis  decr^ld,  Sfc,  Un   regiment  ue    sera  pas    com-     OfBciers   et 
posd   de  moins   de  dix  compagnies,  et   les  ofiBciers  commissionnds  compagniea 
des  compagiiics  auront  le    droit  d'dlire   un  colonel,  un    lieutenant-  <^^°8  ^"^  r^gi- 
colonel  et  un  major  pour  chaque  n^giiuent,  lesquels  seront  commis-  "'^^  ' 
sionncs  par  le  gouverneur. 

Sec.  5.  II  est   dc  plus  decr^l^,  ^-c,  Le  colonel    aura   le   droit   de     Les  officiers 
nommer  un  adjutant,  un  sergent-major,  un  chirurgien,  un   aide-chi-  s^roiit     i»oni- 
rurgien,  un  quartier-maitre  qui  agira  comrae  commissaire  et  payeur, 
un   aide-quartier-maitre,  et   lels  autres  officiers   de  son   etat-major 
que   les  reglements  de  I'armee  compoitent.     Les  officiers  de   Tetat- 
major  seront  diiment  commissionnds  par  le  gouverneur. 

Sec.  6.  II  est  de  plus  d^cr^ti,  Sfc,  Une  brigade  ne  sera  pas  compo-      Brigade. 
Bee  de  moins  de  trois  rdgiraents. 

Sec  1.  It  est  de  plus  d^critii,    Sfc,  liCS  bataillons    que  le   gouver-     Bataillons. 
neur   aura  le  droit  de  former,  en  vertu  de  cet  acte,    ne  seront  pas 
conipoees  de  plus  de  di^  et  moins  de  cinq  compagnies,  comraandda 

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ACTS  OY    1802. 


Paj  of  pri- 
vates. 


^QUBty. 


Caiapa  of  In- 
etruciion. 


povemormay 
call  out  the 
militia. 


Parishes  fur- 
niffhiog  tbeir 
quota  of  tqI- 
Unteers  not  to 
be  called  out 
as  militia. 

Governor     to 
proeeed    to 
raise  an  army 
tor  the  defense 
of  tie  State. 

Brigadier- 
Generals  their 


tlian  live  into  Battalions  \yilb  a  Lieutenant  Colonel  and  a  Major,  au!J[ 
any  number  of  Companies  less  than  six  and  more  than  one  into, 
Battalions,  with  a  Major,  and  attach  them  to  a  Brigade  :  provided, 
that  Battalionb  thus  formed  must  be  filled  out  to  Kegiments  when 
a    suflScient  number  of  Companies  shall  be  organized. 

Sec.  8.  Be  it  further  enacted,  ^-c,  That  the  privates  shall  receive 
as  their  pay  sixteen  dollars  per  month,  besides  tlie  regular  rations 
and  clothing"  now  allowed  to  the  soldiers  in  the  Confederate  Army, 
and  the  non-commissioned  officers  shall  receive  the  same  pay  in 
proportion  to  the  privates  in  the  State  service  that  the  non-commis- 
sioned oflScers  do  to  the  privates  in  the  Confederate  States  service. 
The  commissioned  officers  shall  receive  the  same  paj'  per  month  as 
the  officers  of  the  same  rank  in  tlie  Confederate  States  Army. 

Sec.  9.  Be  it  further  enacted,  Sj-c,  That  each  private  and  non-com- 
missioned officer  enlisting  in  the  State  service  as  above  provided, 
shall  receive  a  bounty  of  Fifty  Dollars  to  be  paid  at  the  time  of 
enlistment,  and  eighty  acres  of  Land  not  otherwise  appropriated 
ivithin  the  State  of  Louisiana  at  the  close  of  the  war,  aiad  in^thc 
event  the  volunteer  shall  die  or  bo  killed  while  in  the  service,  hiy 
heirs  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same. 

Sec  10.  Be  it  further  enacted,  S^-c.,  That  the  Governor  be  and  he 
is  hereby  authorized  to  receive  and  muster  into  the  State  service 
any  portion  of  the  above  enlistment  not  less  than  a  company. 

Sec  1L  Be  it  farther  enacted,  ^-c,  That  the  Governor  may  estab- 
lish  Camps  of  Instruction  at  such  places  as  he  may  dceiTi  necessary 
in  the  State,  and  may  appoint  one  diacreet  officer  at  each  Camp  of 
Instruction,  who  shall  be  vers(;d  in  the  drill  of  the  Confederate 
States,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  receive  and  muster  the  men  into 
service,  and  immediately  transmit  one  of  the  muster  rolls  to  the 
Governor,  and  drill  them  while  in  camp.  He  shall  rank  as  Captain, 
and  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  camp  at  the  option  of  the  Goi^ernor, 
or  when  his  duties  are  at  an  end. 

Sec  12.  Be  it  further  enacted,  ^-c,  That  nothing  in  this  Act  shall 
be  construed  so  as  to  prevent  the  Governor  from  calling  out  imme- 
diately for  the  public  service,  all  persons  subject  to  military-  duty  ; 
Provided  that  whenever  tlie  militia,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be 
called  for,  they  shall  have  the  privilege  of  immediately  volunteer- 
ing, and  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  the  bounty  provided  hy  the 
9th  sect'on  of  this  Act. 

Sec  13.  Be  it  fur t her  enactid,  Sj-c,  That  whenever  a  p&rish  has 
responded  to  the  call  of  the  Governor  for  volunteers  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Act,  and  sent  her  quota  of  men  into  the  service, 
such  parish  shall  not  be  called  upon  to  furnish  men  to  serve  as  mili- 
tia vvfithoui  a  subsequent  call  shall  be  made  by  the  Governor. 

Sec.  14.  Be  it  further  enacted,  tj-c,  That  the  Governor  shall  pro- 
ceed immediately,  under  the  provisions  of  the  above  Act,  to  raise 
an  army  for  the  defence  of  the  State,  which  shall  be  known  as  the 
army  of  the  State  of  Louisiana,  and  shall  not  be  compelled  to  ope- 
rations out  of  the  State. 

Sec.  15,  Be  it  further  enacted,  Sfc,  That  there  shall  be  three  Brig-.. 

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actes  de   1m">2.  \'J 

par  un  lieutcn^iit-coloiiel  et  uii  major.  II  auia  au.ssi  Ic  droit  de 
former  uu  bataillun  d'liii  uombre  do  compagnies  mnindre  que  six 
et  plus  qu'une,  commander  par  un  major,  et  de  Ics  adjoindre  a  uno 
brigade  ;  pourvu  quo  les  bataill(>ns  ainsi  founds  soient  organises 
en  regiments  lorsqu'il  y  aura  un  uuuibre  suCQsant  de  compaguies. 

Sec.  8.  II  est  de  phis  d{xr^t^,  ^-c ,  Les  soldats  recevront  uiie  paie  ^^^^  ^^^  ^°1' 
de  seize  piaslreH  par  moi?,  en  sua  de  la  ration  rdguliere  et  lea  velcv  ^  *' 
raents  alloues  aux  soldats  dans  les  armees  de  la  Conlederation  ;  et 
les  sous-'officiors  recevront  une  paie  dans  la  memo  proportion  a. 
celle  des  soldats  au  service  de  I'Etat,  que  les  soua-cfBLiers  re9oivout 
au  service  des  P^tats-Conf'edords  eu  proportion  do  ce  que  re9oiventi 
les  soldats  au  meme  service. 

Sec.  9.  II  est  de  plus  diad{',  i\c.,  Chaque  soldat  ct  sous-oflicicr  I'rime. 
qui  s'enrolera  au  service  de  TEtHt,  aiusi  qu'il  est  elabli  cidcssuH, 
rccevra  uue  prime  de  cinquante  piastres  payable  eu  s'enroknt,  et 
quatrcvingt  acres  de  terre,  non-autrement  appropries  dans  I'Etat 
de  la  Louisiaise,  et,  au  cas  on  le  volontairc  mourrait  ou  serait  tue 
au  service,  ses  heritiers  y  auront  droit. 

Sec.  10.  //  est  de  plus  d^cnUi,  Sfc,  Le  gouverneur  est,  et  de> 
meure  par  les  preseutcs,  autoris6  a  rocevoir  et  a  enroler  au  service 
(ie  I'Etat  telle  partie  de  reurolcment  ci-dessus  ne  formant  pas 
moins  d'uue  compaguie. 

Sec.  11.  11  est  dv.  j^lus  d6cr6U,  t^-c,  Le  gouverncur  pourra  etablir  Btructioo. 
^es  camps  d'instruelion  daus  I'Etat,  aux  endroits  qu'il  jugera  conv 
venables,  et  il  pourra  nommer,  a  -jhaque  camp  d'instruction,  un 
ofiScier  rccommandable  qui  sera  vert-ci  dans  la  tactique  des  Etats- 
Coufederes,  dont  le  devoir  sera  de  recevoir  et  d'enioier  les  liommes 
au  service,  de  transmettre  imnjcdiatement  les  roles  au  gouverneur, 
et  d'exercer  les  troupes  daus  le  camp.  II  aura  le  rang  de  capitaino 
Qt   pourra  etre  congcdic  du  service  quand  le  gouverneur  le  jugera 

couvenable,  ou  lorsque  ses  fonctious  cesserout. 

i^G  gouver- 

Sec.  12.  ll  est   de  phis  dhrCU,  Sec,  Rieu  dans  cot  acte  no   pourra  ncurpeut  ap- 

etre  interprdte  de  raauiere  a  empecher  Ic   gouverneur  d'appcler  im-  peJerlamilicc. 

mcdiatcment    au  service    public  toutes  les  personnes   sujettes    au 

service  militaire  ;  pourvu  que  lorsque  la  milice  ou  uue  partie  de  la 

railice  sera  appelee,  les  persouucs  qui  la  composent  aient  le  privilege  Le,  paroieses 

de  I'eugagement   immediat  comme   volontaires,  et   q,ient  droit  a  la  qui      fournif;- 

prime  accordde  p&r  la  siection  9  de  cet  acte.  f^nt  leur  part 

ri         1  r.     7-1         ,       7       ,  D        T  ,  •  .   ^^  volontaires 

bEC.  13.  II  est  de  plus  d^cr^l^,  &c.,  Lorsqu'une   paroisse  aura   re-  ne  seront  pa.n 

pondu   a  Pappel  du   gouverueur,  eu   vertu   des  dispositions  de  cet  appelees  pour 
acte,   et  envoye   sa  quote-part  d'hommes  au  service,  cette   paroisse  ^^  milice. 
ne  sera  pas  appelde  a  founiir  des  hummes   pour  servir  con^me  mill- 
cicns  sans  un  autre  appel  lait  par  Ic  gouverncur.  ^^J^^  (l^oiMe- 

Sec.  U.  11  est  de  phis  decr^t^,  &c.,  Le  gouverneur  procedera  iramd-  veruncRrmee 
diatemeut,  eu  vertu  de  cet  acte,  ;i  lever  uue  armde  pour  la   defense  ?e"^e'i5Eu^°' 
de   I'Etat  qui  sera  connue  comme  armee  de  I'Etat  do  la  Louisiane, 
pt  qui  ne  pourra  etre  forcee  de  servir  hors  de  I'Etat.  Brigadiers- 

Sec.  15.  11  est  dc  phis  d^cr^/6,  Sec,  II  y  aura  trois  brigadiers  g(5u^ 


20  Aors  OK  180:J. 

prij  and  com-  ^diers  Generals  elected  for  the  State  by  the  General  Assembly,  who 
^'*"  ^'  feliall  be  duly  commissioned  by  the  Governor,  and  who  shall  receive 

the  same  pay  and  aliowatices  as  officers  of  the  same  gradi  in  tho 
Confederate  Slates  seivice,  whose  coramands  shall  be  composed  of 
eitiier  the  Volunteer  or  j\|ilitia  forces  of  the  State,  or  of  both  and 
who  shall  constitute  a  board  of  advisers  to  assist  the  Governor  iu 
the  organization  of  both  the  Volunteer  and  Militia  forces. 

Sec.  1G    Be  it  ficrlker  enaclcd,  Sfc,  That  this  Act  shall  take  effect 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

[Signed.]  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Spe^iker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  es  officio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  January  Sd,  1863. 

[Signed.]  THQ.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana. 
A  true  copy, 

r.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretary  of  State. 


No.  22.1  AN  ACT 

Providing  for  the  further  postponement  of  the  Payment  of  Taxes, 

Sec.  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  andlToicseof  Representatives  of  the 
PollecHon    of  si^fg  qJ  Louisiana,  in  Qeneral  Assembly  convened;  That  the  payment  of 
poned      until  ^^^  the  State  taxes  levied  by  existing  lavs^s.  by  co^ipulsory  process, 
pebifuary, 'C4.  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  suspended  until  the  1st  dsy  of  February, 
1864  ;  providecl,   however,    that  this  act  shall  not  apply  to  the  col- 
lection of  licenses  on  trades,  professions  or  occupations. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,   ^-f.,  That   this  act  shall  take  effect 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

(Signed.)  ADOI.PHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  tho  House  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  January  3d,  1863. 

[Signed.]  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana. 
A  true  copy, 

p.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretary  of  State. 


No.  23.]  AN  ACT 

Making  appropriations  for  the  general  expenses  of  the  State  for  the 
year  ending  the  thirty-first  day  of  March,  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty-four. 

Section  1.     Beit  enacted   ly  the   Senate  and  House  of  Eepresenta- 

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fanx  pour  I'Elat,  dlus  par  I'assemblee  Geu(?rale,  et  qui  eciont  du  ^'[^^^'^^"^po*^^* 
ment  cominissioniK's  par  le  gouvernenr.  lis  rocevront  la  iijome  tnaudemeat. 
paie  et  les  iiiemes  femoliimeiits  que  les  officiers  du  meme  grade 
daus  le  service  des  Efats-Confederos.  Les  troupes  sons  leur  com- 
matidement  seroiil  compose'es  de  folofitaires  ou  de  la  milice 
de  I'Etat  ou  des  deiix  reunis.  lis  coniposerout  uri  conseil  pour 
assister  le  gouvcrneur  dans  I'organisation  dC  la  milice  et  des  vo- 
lontaires. 

Sec.  10.  11  est  de  plus  d^cr^U,  4'^,,  Get  acta   aura   force   de   loi  ^ 
partir  du  jour  de  son  adoption. 

(Sigiie.)  ADOLPHUS  OUVlER, 

Orateiir  de  la  Chambre  des  Koprdsentante. 
HEXRY  M.  HTAMS, 
Lieutcnant-Gouverncur  et  ex-officio  President  du  Sdnat. 
Approuvti  le  3  Janvier,  1863. 

(Signe.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouverneur  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisirtne. 
Pour  copie  conforme, 

P.  D.  Hardt,  Secretaire  d'Elat. 


Ko.  22.]  ACTE 

Pour  reculcr  I'^poque  dij  paiemcnt  des  taxes. 

Sec.  1.  //  est  d^cr^t6  far  le  S^nat  ct  la  Chamhre  des  Bepr^xentants  de 
I'Elat  dela  Loitisiave,  rcnnis en  Asscmbide  G^nirale;  Que  le  paiemcnt  de  I--*  collocUon 
toutes  les  taxes  d'Etat  levees  par  les  lois  existantcs  est  suspendu  ^'^s  *"^^ts  d  E- 
jusqu'au  lor  jour  de  Icvrier,  1864,   pourvu  cependaut,    que  cet  acte  fyyrjer  1864. 
ne   s'appliquc  pas  au  recouvreraent  des  licences  sur  les   metiers, 
professious  ou  autres  occupations. 

Sec  2.  II  est  de  plus  d^crilC,  tfc,  Que  cet  acte  aura  force  de    loi 
a  partir  du  jour  de  sou  adoption. 

[Signe.]  ADOLPHUS   OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  Cliambre  des  Reprcsentants. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutcnant-Gouverncur  et  ex-officio  President  du  Sdnat. 
Approuve  le  3  Janvier,  1863. 

[Signe.]  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouvcrneur  de  TEtat  de  la  Louisiane. 
Pour  copie  conforme, 
P.  D.  Hardy, 
Secretaire  d'Etat 


No  28.]  ACTE 

Faisaut  des  assignations  de  fonds  pour  les  depenses  g^ndrales  56 
I'Etat  pour  I'anndc  finissant  le  trente-un  mars  mil  Luit-cent- 
soixante-quutre. 

Section  1.  //  est  d^crH^  par  k  S^nat  ct  la  Chambre  des  Eeprdsevtantf 

39 


t:i  ACTS    OF    1862. 

tices  fif  ike  SLaic  of  Louisiana,  in  General  AsscinUu  convened;  That  thn 
Jullowing  suras  be  and  tlicy  are  hereby  appropriated  for  tlie  folloW'" 
iug  purposes  for  the  fi.scal  year  commencing  on  the  first  day  of 
j\pril,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  and  ending  on  the  thirty- 
first  day  of  March,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four. 

1.  For  the  salary  of  the  Governor,  under  Act  number  three  hun- 
dred and  bine,  of  eigteen  hundred  and  fifty  five,  four  thousand 
dollars. 

2.  For  the  salary  of  the  Secretarj''  of  State,  under  Act  number 
two  and  seventy-three,  of  eighteeu  hundred  and  fifty  five,  two 
thousand  dollars. 

3.  For  the  salary  of  the  State  Treasurer,  under  Act  number 
three  hundred  and  twenty-five,  of  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-five, 
twenty-five  hundred  dollars. 

4.  For  the  salary  of  the  Auditor  of  Public  Accounts,  under  Act 
number  one  hundred  asd  nineteen,  of  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty- 
five,  four  thousand  dollars. 

5.  For  the  salary  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Secretary  of  State's  ofiBce, 
under  appropriation  Bill,  on&  thousand  dollars. 

6.  For  the  salary  of  the  Attorney  General,  under  Act  number 
six,  of  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-five,  thirty-five  hundred  dollars. 

7.  For  the  salary  of  Norbert  Trepagner,  the  Clerk  of  the  Firsfc. 
District  Court  of  New  Orleans,  under  Act  number  fifty-eight,  of 
eighteen  hundred  and  fifty  five,  si-t  thousand  dollars. 

8.  For  the  salary  of  the  State  Librarian,  under  Act  number 
three  hundred  and  twenty-nine,  of  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-five; 
twelve  hundred  dollars. 

9-  For  the  salary  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Education, 
appropriation  Bill,  twenty  five  hundred  dollars. 

10.  For  the  salary  of  the  Governor's  Messenger,  appropriation 
Bill,  three  hundred  dollars. 

11.  For  the  salary  of  the  Governor's  Private  Secretary,  appro- 
priation Bill,  twelve  hundred  dollars. 

12.  For  the  salary  of  the  Receiver  of  the  Land  Office,  under  Act 
number  two  hundred  and  fifty-seven,  of  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
one,  two  thousand  dollars. 

13.  For  the  salary  of  the  Sergeant-at-Arms  of  the  House  .of 
Representatives,  under  Act  number  three  hundred  and  twenty-six, 
of  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-five,  twelve  hundred  dollars. 

14.  For  the  salary  of  the  Sergeant-at-arms  of  the  Senate,  under 
Act  number  three  hundred  and  twenty  six,  of  eigbte6n  hundred  and 
fifty-five,  one  thousand  dollars. 

15.  For  the  salary  of  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court,  un- 
der Act  number  two  hundred  and  fifty-four,  of  eighteen  hundred 
and  fifty-five,  fifteers  thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 

16.  For  the  salary  of  the  Judges  of  the  District  Courts,  under 
Act  number  one  hundred  and  seventy-five,  of  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixt}',  seventy-eight  thousand  dollars. 

17.  For  the  salary  of  the  District  Attorneys,  und^r  Act  number 

40 


I 


4CTES  DE   1862.  2i 

dt  fElat  dela  Louisiam.  rtiuiia  en  AxsemU^e  G^n^_aki  Que  J^fl  sommps 
^uivautea  serorit  et  sont,  pai'  cea  pjvaentes,  aEfectees  aux  fins  sui- 
vautes,  pour  I'aiiuee  liscale  comn)eiJ9ant  le  premier  travril  mil  biiit 
.cent  soixaiite-trois  e|t  fjnissant  le  trente-ijQ  de  mars,  rail  Imit  cent 
suixante-quatro  : 

1.  Pour  le  salaire  dii  gouverneur,  acte  nnmtro  trois-cent^oeuf 
de  rail  biiit  cent  cinquaute-qHatrc,  cinq  mille  piastres. 

2.  Pour  lo  salaire  du  socif'tairo  d'Etat,  arte  nunit'rn  doux-rent 
isoixantc-treizp,  do  mil  iinit  cent  rinqnante-ciuij,  deux  mille  piaaties. 

3.  Pour  le  salaire  du  trtisorier  d'Etat,  acte  nnmcio  troia  cent 
vingt-ciriff,  de  mil  hnit  cent  cinquaqte-cinq,  deux  mille  ciuq  cents 
piastres. 

4.  Pour  le  sMaii'e  de  I'auditcur  dea  cooiptes  publics,  acta  nu- 
mero  cent  cjix-neijf,  de  mil  buit  cent  cinquante-cinq,  quatre  miU*' 
piastre.^. 

5.  Pour  lo  salaire  du  commis  du  secretaire  d'Etat,  hill  des  allo- 
cations, mille  piastres. 

G.  Pour  lo  salaire  de  I'avocat-general,  acte  uuraero  six,  de  mil 
huit  cent  ciuqu;}utc-cinq,  trois  raillc  cinq  cents  piastres. 

7.  Pour  le  salaire  do  Norbcrt  Trepagnier,  grefiier  de  la  premi5rp 
cour  de  district,  aicgeant  ;Y  Iq,  Nuuvcllo  Orlijans,  acte  num<';r()  cin- 
([uante-buit,  do  mil  huit  cent  cinquante-'Cinq,  six  mille  piastres. 

8.  Pour  le  salaire  du  bibliothocaire  d'Etat,  q^cte  nuraiiro  trois 
cent  vingt^ucuf,  do  mil  huit  cent  cinqUjante-peuf,  douzo  cents 
piastres. 

9.  Pour  le  salaire  du  snrintcndant  de  I'cducation  publiquo,  bili 
des  allocatious,  deux  mille  cinq  cents  piastres. 

10.  Pour  le  salaire  du  messagcr  du  gouverneur,  hill  des  alloca«« 
tiona,  trois  cent  cinquante  piastres. 

11.  Pour  lo  salaire  du  secretaire  pai'ticulier  dii  gouverneur,  bill 
des  allocations,  douze  cents  piastres. 

12.  Pour  le  salaire  du  reccveur  dii  bureau  dca  tei:res,  acte  numt-ro 
deux  cent  cinquante>«sept,  derail  huit  cent  soixantc-et-ijn,  deux 
mille  piastres. 

13.  Pour  le  salaire  du  sergent  d'arnics  de  la  chambre  des  reprc'-. 
sentants,  acto  numcio  trois  cent  vingtsix,  de  mil  huit  cent  cinquant^ 
cinq,  douze  cents  piastres. 

M.  Pour  le  salaire  du  sergent  d'armes  du  senat,  acte  numt'ro 
trois  cent  vingt-six,  do  mil  huit  cent  cinquante-cinq,  mille  piastres, 

15.  Pour  le  salaire  des  .juges  de  la  cour  supi'vme,  acto  uumdro 
deux  cent  cinquante-quatrc,  de  mil  huit  cent  cinquante-cinq,  quinzo 
mille  piastres. 

16.  Pour  le  salaire  des  juges  des  cours  de  district,  acte  nura^ro 
cent  soixantequinzo,  de  mil  huit  cent  soixante,  soixante-dix-huit 
mille  piastres. 

11«  SouilQ  palaire  des  avocats  de  district,  acte  nrim<?ro  troia  cenj;^ 

41 


§2  -^CTS  OF  i863. 

ihrec  hundred  and  tlirco,  of  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-6ve,  sixteen 
thousand  one  liundrcd  dollars. 

13.  For  tlie  .salary  of  the  Chief  picrk  of  the  Auditor's  Office, 
appropriation  Bill,  two  thousand  dollars. 

19.  For  tiie  salary  of 'the  Cliicf  Clerk  of  the  Treasurer's  Office, 
under  Act  number  three  hundred  and  twenty-five,  of  eighteen  hun~. 
dred  and  fifty-five,  two  thousand  dollars. 

'20.     For   the   salary   of  the  Assistant  Clerk  of  the  Auditor's  Of- 
fice, appropriation  IJill,  tr/elve  hundred  dollars. 

21.  For  the  salary  of  the  Assistant  Clerk  of  the  Treasurer's  Of- 
fice, twelve'hundrcd  dollars. 

22.  For  the  salary  of  tl^e  s^pcrintendent  of  the  State  Seminary 
of  Learnin<^,  as  Ordnance  Officer,  under  Act  humber  two  hundred 
and  two,  of  eighteen  hundre4  and  siidy,  five  hundred  dollars. 

23.  For  copying  the  lawsof  1862  and  18G3  for  promulgation,  to 
be  drawn  by  the  Secretary  of  State  v/hen  the  work  is  completed, 
six  hundred  dollars. 

24. »  For  the  contingent  expenses  of  the  Executive,  appropria- 
tion Bill  of  each  year,  five  thousand  dollars. 

25.  For  the  contingent  espejises  of  the  State  Treasurer,  approx 
priation  Bill  of  each  year,  six  hiindrcd  dollars. 

26.  For  the  contingent  expenses  of  the  Auditor's  Office,  appro- 
priation Bill  of  each  year,'  one;  thousand  dollai's. 

27.  For  the  contingent  expenses  of  the  Secretary  of  State's  Of 
See,  appropriation  Bill  of  each  year,  three  hundred  aollars. 

28.  Interest  on  bonds  to  Now  Orleans  and  Nashville  Company, 
twenty-eight  thousand  nine  hundred  and  eighty  dollars. 

29.  Interest  on' bonds  to  Charity  Hospital,  sis  thousand  two 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

'■  30. '  Interest  on  bonds  to  Mexican  Gulf  RailrQad  Company,  six 
thousand  dollars.  '  •' 

31.  Interest  on  bonds  for  the  reliefof  the  State  Treasury,  forty- 
five  thousand  dollars.  '.   ■'      ■  , 

32.  Interest  on  bonds  to  New  Orleans,  Jackson  and  Great  North- 
ern Railroad  Company,   fifty-seven  thousand  three  hundred  dollars. 

33.  Interest  on  bonds  to  tlic  New  Orleans,  Opclousas  and  Groat 
Western  liaijroad  Company,  forty  thousaocj  two  hjjntjred  and  fifty 
dollars. 

'  34,  'Interest  on  Bonds  to  Vicksburg,  Shrcvcport  and  Texas  Rail- 
road Company,  twenty-three  thousand  fivc'hundVed  ij.nd  eighty  doU 
lars. 

35.  Interest  on  bonds  to  Baton  Rouge,  Grosso  Tote  and  Opclou- 
sas Railroad  Corupany,  nine  thousand  six  hundred  dollars. 

36.  Interest  on  bonds  issued  to  the  Free  School  Fund,  thirty-one 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  forty  dollars. 

ot.  Interest  on  bonds  issued  to  the  Scniiuary  Fund,  eight  thou- 
sand one  hundred  and  sixty  dollars. 

38-  Interest  on  bonds  issued  to  raise  money  for  the  State  TreaS' 
ury,  uijder  Act  number  one  hundred  and  sixteen,  of  eighteen  huR' 


ACTES  DE  1S62.  --     ••  22 

lroi8,*ctc  mil  buit  cent  cluquantc-ciuq,  goizc  millc  cout  piastres. 

18.  Pour  Ic  hiilairc  (lu  comniia  en  chef  du  bureau  do  I'auditcur, 
bill  dcs  allocations,  (lens  mille  piastres. 

10.  Four  Ic  salairc  du  commis  on  cbef  du  bureau  du  trcsoricr, 
aclc  uumcro  trois  cent  viugt-cinq,  dc  mil  buit  ccut  cinquantc-cinq, 
deux  millc  piastres. 

20.  Four  Ic  salairc  dc  I'aidc'-commis  du  bureau  dc  I'auditcur,  bill 
des  allocations,  dou^c  cents  piastres.  ■"  ,     ,        , 

21.  Four  Ic  salairo  dc  raidc-commis  du  bureau  du  trdsoricr,  douzc 
cents  piastres.  .         i. 

22.  Four  lo  salairo  du  snrintcudant  dc  I'ccolc  scicntifiqup  c^ 
miiitairc  dc  I'Etat,  commc  oilicicr  d'oidouuaucc,  actc  uumtJro  dcus 
cent  dcus,  dc  mil  buit  cent  seixuutc,  cinq  cent  piastres.  , 

23.  Four  fiais  dcs  copies  dca  lois  dc  mil  buit  ccut  eoixautc-deux 
ct  mil  buit  cent  soiiautc-trois,  pour  Icur  promulgation,  a  tirer  par 
Ic  secretaire  d'Etat  quand  I'ouvragc  sera  tGrmini.',  six  cents  piastres. 

21.  Four  fiais  casucls  dc  I'csccutif,  bill  dcs  allocatiocG  dc  chaque 
annuo,  cijiq  millc  piastres. 

25.  Four  frais  casuels  du  tresorier  d'Etat,  bill  dca  allocations  dc 
chaquo  auncc,  sis  cents  piastres. 

20.  Four  frais  casuels  du  bureau  dc  I'auditcur,  bill  dcs  allocations 
dc  chaque  auncc,  millc  piastres.  , 

27.  Four  fraia  casuels  du  bureau  dii  secretaire  d'Etat,  bill  dcs 
allocations  annucUes,  trois  cents  piastres. 

28.  Four  les  intiirets  sur  Ics  bous  cmis  a  la  compagnic,  Nouvcllo 
OrbUins  ct  Nashville,  deu."  cent  ciuquautc  piastres. 

29.  Four  les  intcrcts  sur  les  bons  emis  cu  favour  dc  I'llopital  dc 
la  Charitd,  deux  cent  ciuqtiaulc  piastres. 

30.  Intdrcts  sur  les  bons  emis  en  faveur  dc  la  compagnic  du  che- 
min  dc  for  du  Golfe  du  Mcxique,  six  miile  piastres. 

31.  Intcr(H8  sur  bons  cmia  pour  I'assistatice  du  trt'aor  dc  I'Etat 
quarantc-^cinq  millc  piastres. 

32.  IntcrOts  sur  bous  emis  cu  faveur  dc  la  compagnic  du  cbcmiu 
dc  for  Grand-Nord,  dc  la  NouvcIIc  Orleans  u  Jackson,  ciuqnautc- 
aept  millc  trois  cents  piastres. 

33.  IntcrOts  sur  bens  dmicj  en  favour  dc  la  compnguie  du  cbcmin 
dc  for  Grand  Oucot,  do  la  Nouvcllc  Orleans  i\  Opcluujas,  quarantc 
niillc  deux  cent  cinquante  piastres. 

34.  liitcrcts  sur  bons  cimia  en  favour  dc  la  compagnic  du  cbcmiu 
do  for  dc  Vicksburg,  Sbrcvcport  ct  Texas,  vingt-trois  mille  cinq 
cents  quatro-vingt  piastres. 

35.  InlOrots  sur  bons  umia  cu  faveur  dc  la  compagnic  du  chemiii 
do  Icr  dc  Baton  Kouge,  Groasc  Tctc  ct  Opclousas,  ncuf  ulille  six 
cents  piastres.  .  , 

3C!  lutcrots  sur  boas  cimis  pour  fouds  dcs  ccolcs  lilies,  trenle-s 
uu  mille  sept  cent  quarauto  piastrca. 

3T.  lulurcts  sur  bons  Omis  on  favour  do  I'ccolc  acicntifique,  huit 
millc  cent  soixauto  piastres.  .  ,    ; 

3S.  lutOict^  s>\M  buub  emis  "Four  cicci  dcs  fonds  pour  le  tresor  ds 


1^53  ACTS  OF  1862. 

died  and  Bixly-lwo,  o.iit  of  the  War  Tax  Fund,  Ihiee  hundred  a-nd 
sixly-fonr  thousand  dollars. 

o9.  Interest  on  bonds  issued  for  the  purpose  of  arminjr  and 
equipping-  the  volunteers,  and  militia  lor  the  defence  of  the  State 
aiid  to'rc^cl  invasion,  under  Act  number  forty-five,  of  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty  two,  sixty  thouisand  dollars. 

40.  Payment  to  owners  of  slaves  convicted  of  crimes,  xindcr 
.^ct  number  three  hundfed  tiud  eight,  of  eighteen  htfndredaud  fifty- 
live,  fifteen  thousand  dollars. 

41.  Printing  and  advertising,  under  Acts  numbers  two  liundied 
and  frnty-four,  of  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-five,  and  one  hundrect 
and  four  and  one  hundrect  and  seventeen,  of  eightccu  hundred  and 
fiity-six,  twenty  thonsand  dollars. 

42.  Payment  of  the  ihtefest  due  by  general  funds  to  the  current 
School  Fund,  the  sfnuc  being  the  rri'tefest  on  the  United  States  I)e«. 
posit  Fund,  for  the  yCar  endirtg  thirty-first  December,  eighteen" 
liundrO'd  and  sixty-three,  under  Act  number  tWo  hundred,  of  eight-N 
ccn.  hundred  and  fifty-seven,  twenty  eight  thousand  B6veft  hundred 
and  ninety-five  dollars  and  fourteen  cents. 

43.  For  the  support  of  free  pubfic  schCff^ls,  out  of  th6  current 
ochool  Fund,  two  hundred  and  thirty-five  thousand  dollars. 

44.  For  the  support  of  the  Insane  Asylum,  at  Jackson,  payable 
<inarterly  in  advance,  to  be  accounted  for  to  the  General  Assembly 
by  teachers,  thirty  thonsand  dollars. 

45.  For  the  support  of  the  InstHution'  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb 
and  Blind,  at  Baton  PtOirgc,  to  be  paid  qiuarterly  in  advance,  to  be 
accounted  for  by  teachers  to  the  General  Asscmtdy,  twenty-two 
thousand  dollars. 

4fi.  Appropriation  to  the  Seminary  of  Learning,  being  the  inter- 
est to  the  credit  of  tbB  Seminary  Fund  on  the  first  of  January, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  eight  thousand  two  hundred  and 
twenty  dollars. 

4t,  Appropriation  to  the  Slate  Seminary  of  Learning  for  tuition 
of  cadets,  section  ten  of  Act  number  ninety-eight,  of  eighteen  huD' 
died  and  sixty,  fifteen  thousand  dollars. 

48.  Expenses  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  the  State  Scminary_ 
of  Learning  and  Military  Academy  for  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty  four,  four  hundred  dollaru. 

49;  Appropiiation  for  translating  the  laws,  under  Act  number 
one  hundred  and  seventy-six,  of  eighteen  hundred  audsixt}',  fifteen 
Jiupdied  dollars. 

50.  Appropriation  to  Mcfiatton,  Pike  &  Co.,  fate  Icssdes  of  the 
State  Penitentiary,  amount  due  them  on  final  settTeriient  of  their 
accounts,  in  accordance  v?ith  the  Act  of  eighteen  htiudred  and  fifty- 
iicvcn,  sixty-four  thousand  seven  hundred  and  twcnty-threo  dollars" 
and  fifty-seven  cents. 

51.  For  one  quarter'^  salary  of  the.  Chief  Clerl:  of  the  Treasur- 
er's Office,  from  olst  December,  1862,  to  1st  March,  1863,  five  hun- 
dred dollars. 

Sfic  o'2.     Bt  i*  further  enadtd.  i\c,  That   the    Aaditof  is  hereby 

41 


ACTE8    DE    1862.  2S 

•  ■  ,  ,       .} 

I'Btal,"   acle  numeio  1 16,  dc  1862^   A.piplevGi  sin    les  fouda  de   la 
taxe  dc  guei ic,  tiois  cent  Koixante  q^uatre  millc  piastres. 

39.  Interets  snr  bons  emis  potir  I'erfuipement  et  rarmcmcnt  de  la 
inilice  et  des  yolontaircs  chavgii^j  de  la  dofonse  de  I'Etat,  acte  nu- 
mdro  quarauie-ciu^,  de  mil  uuit  cent  Bolsante-ueux,  b6ixikntc  mille 
piastres. 

40.  Rembourscment  fiiilB  a'l'jx  pi.opiictaires  d'eeblavcs  condanmea 
pour  crimes,  acte  6*(iraer6  troie  cent  Luit,  de  mil  buit  ccut  ciur[uante- 
cijiq,  qninie  millc  piastres.  ,  .      < 

41.  rmp'reesions  el  pnl»ricati  idr,  nctep  numerog  (fcHX  dpi  qua- 
rante-quatre,  de  mil  huit  cent  quarante-Cinq,  6t  cent  qiiatre  et  cc'ut 
dix-sept,  de  6jil  hr.it  cent  cinquantc-six,  viugt  mille  piastres. 

42.  Paiement  des  interets  diis  par  le  "  Foods  Gendfal"  au  foivis 
courant  des  ecoles,  representant  I'inlerot  siir  le  fprid's  cte  depot  des 
Etats-^Unis,  pour  I'annee  finissant  le  31  decembrc  mil  Iiuit  cent  soi- 
xantc  trois,  acte  numdro  deux  cent,  de  mil  huit  cent  cinquante--Rept, 
yingtbuit  mille  sept  cent  quatic-vingt-^quiu2:e  piastres  et  quatorze 
cents. 

,    43^.  Pour   Tassibtarice  ties  ccoles  pubfrqVes  libres,  ;Y  prelever  sur 
Te  fonds  courant  sclaire,  deux  cent  trentre-cinq  mille  piastres. 

44.  Pour  rassistancc  de  I'asile  des  alientis,  a  Jackson,  payables 
par  trimestrc  d'avancc,  Tcmploi  devant  c)»  ctre  juptilid  devant  rAs- 
8cmbl(5c  Oeneralc  par  pieces  a  f'appui,  trente  millc  piastres, 

,45.  Po,ur  rassistance  de  I'institutiou  des  sourds-muets  et. avcu- 
gles,  Hi  Baton  Rouge,  payables  fiar  tfimpstre  et  d'avance,  remploi 
devant  en  etre  ju.sti6e  devant  I'ABScmblce  Generale,  par  pieces  a 
I'appui,  vjngt-deux  rrtille  piastres.  .         ,i 

46.  Allocation  en  f'ayeor  dc  I'ecule  ecientifique,  representant  I'in- 
feret  du  fonds  collogial  au  ler  dc  jauvier  mil  buit  cent  eoixautetVois, 
huit  mille  detis  cent  vingt  piastres. 

47.  All(>cation8  en  fayeur  dc  I'ecole  6cienti6que  ^c  I'Etat,  pour 
I'enseigii'eni'ent  dies  cadiets,  Rcction  dix  de  Pacto  numero  quatre- 
vingt-aix-biiit,  de  dix-huit  cent  soixantc,  quinze  n)ille  piastres. 

48.  Pour  frais  do  bureaux  de  la  direction  de  Pdcole  Bcientifique  ftt 
mililaire  de  rEtat,  pour  I'auude  mil  huit  cent  eoixante-quatre,  quatre 
cent's  piastres. 

49.  Allocation  pour  la  traduction  des  lois,  acto  linraero  cent 
Boii'anteseizc,  dc  mil  buit  cent  soixantc,  q\iinze  cents  p)iastre8. 

50.  Allocations  en  faveur  do  McHatton,  Pike  &  Cic.,  deruiers 
fcrmicrs  du  penitential  re  dc  I'Etat,  dtant  le  moutant  qui  leur  est  dii^ 
d'aprfes  un  rcglemcnt  final  de  leurs  coniptcs,  fait  cu  vertu  de  I'acte 
de  mil  huit  cent  cinquiante-sept,  soixantc-quatre  niillc  sept  cent' 
viugttrois  lyiastrcs  ct  ciuqUantesept  cents. 

51.  Pour  le  .salaire  du  commia  en  chef  dn  bureau  du  ffeSorier, 
pour  le  trimestre  commen9ant  le  31  ddcembre  l&62^et  finissant  le 
premier  mars  1863,  cinq  cent  piastres. 

Sec.  51.  It  est  dc  plies  deaiU,  4"'-  -  11  cat  ddfendu,  par  ces  prdsentea. 

io 


2i  ACTS  oi  IS61 

'>'  ■' . '■     ''•"..        ■'■,.'.  ,1        ■•    .  ■)    ■.  ? 

IMohibilcd  iioiii  auilidiig,  tyiid  Ibo  X>casur(*r  from  i'>»'»>'ing',.  any  oi 
lli«  foicgoiiig.  fippropiiatious  to  dny  pcrjjou  or  porsoiia  whom  lie 
luiiy  know  or  Iiuyc  rensoii  to  believe  liavc  taken  the  oath  ot"  tillof^i'- 
aiicc  to  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  or  who  arc  otherwiac 
givinj;  aid  and  qonilbrt  to  the  cneray.       ;        '■. 

(Signed.)         ^     .^   _  'ADOtrHtJS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  flie  House  oi"  Kej^rescntativcs. 
,  ,,  ..  ^,,        ,         ,   ,  HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 

Lieivieua,nt  G'(?vernqr -and  ex-oQicio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  Jauui-i:y  3,  1863.  ,     ,      . 

( Signed,  j  ^.  . ,     ,    THQ'.  6".  '.Mq'bKE , 

,    ,  ^  G'ovcrnor  ol'  the  Stats  of  Louisiiina, 

A  true  copy. 

r    D.  Har5y,      ,.  ,:^    .  , 
Secretary  of  Sta^e. 


No.  24- J  JOINT  RESOLUTI^iJ 

Kelativc  to  Exemptions. 
Be    U  resolved      by      ike     Sinaic     and     House    of     Representatives^ 
i    E.\cinpliou  of  the  Stale    of  Louzsiana,   hi  .general   Acsahhly    convened  •   That  it 
pill     disap-    jg  tiiQ  opinion  of  this  Legislature,  that  the   present  Exemption  Bill 
-  ^'^    '  of  the  (Jonfederditc^  States,  exempting  certain  persons  from  military 

service,  should'  be  ^-evisod  and  moditied  f  and  that  our  Senators  and- 
Kcpresentatives  in  Congress   be  recjuested  to  use  their  inilucnec  to 
have  the  bill  revised  and  modifled,    and   that  the  Governor   be  re-< 
guested  to  forward  a  copy  ofthis  Kesolution  to  our  Senators  and 
licprcscntativcs  in  the  Coiifcdcrate  Congre§.s,     ^  „ 

(Signed.)  .  ^^       ^ADOLFHUS  OLIVIER, 

Spcakct  of  tlie  JIouso  of,  Representatives. 
;;•    5  ....     .  ...  ,,  .       .:         I5ENRY  M.  HYAMS, 

.,    Lieutenant  Goyernor  and"  cx-ofUcio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  January  3d,  1863. 

[Siguedl]  .,  THO.,  p.  MOORfi,     ^      ,  . 

dovernbr  of  ttie  State  of' Louisiana! 
K  triie  copj, 

P.  D.,HAkDY, 

Secretary  of  State. 

iV^o.  2|-J  ,  AN  ACT 

To  niakd  aVi  additional  appropriation  of  five  thousand  dollars  to  pay 
the  contiiigeut  expenses  of  the  Extra  Session  of  the  General  As- 
sembly. 

B6  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  Hou!,c  of  Rcprcsentatu'es  of  the 
State  of  Loiuslana,  in  General  Assembly  convened,  That  the  additional 
suni  oi'  live  thouaaud  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  neees- 
aary,  be  and  the  ^jauic  ij  hereby  appropriated  out  of  uuy  money  iu 


ACTEs  nr  1SA3.  24 

;i.  j'auflitour  d'nnditcr,    cl  an  tn'sovior   do  po}'*"'",  anninp  dos  ailnrn- 
tions  ci  (loHRiis  aiix  pf^rsonn'ea   qii'ils  soront  ronvaiiicn.s  .ivoir  pri.-"'.  le 
aornicut  fTallen-eance  an  gonyernomfiiit  deR  Etat  Uiiis,  on  qui  anrnnt 
/oufjji  aide  et  assistanco  ti.  rignncmi. 

-   ,(Si[;m'.)       •'      '•    ''  ADGLFITUS  OLjyiER, 

Orato^ir  dc  la<^Jlianil)r(Mlos  Itopn'-smtoiitc 
'  ^    ^^  irJ<:NRY  M.  IJYAMS, 

Liontcnant  Gnnvorncnr  ct  ck-officio  Pi.c'sidcnt  dn  S<'nat 
Appronv(;  Ic  5  jttnvior,  18.03. ' 

■   '     (Si-uc.)         '      ''    •  TH^-  0.  MOORE. 

Gonvcpie.ur  (Je  I'Etat  ()c  la  LoiiiGiaae, 
Pour  copie  conforme,  •'..i-     '.      • 

^  P.  I).  Bardt, 

Seciiitairc  d'Etat. 


^0.  2f.]  KES()LUTION  CONJOI^TE; 

Relative  avis  Exemptions. 

Le.     S&naf     ci   la    Chnmhre.   rhs     "Reprf smtant s     rle     VEtnl,    dr.     in 
Loiiisiane,  rtUniix  en  Asscmblrc  Gfiu'ralc,  onl'rtsolii  ;  Qn'iF  est  do    I'opi-      ppsapprou- 
nion  do   cettc  Lc'o-islatnro,  qno  lo  bill  d'oxcinption  aclncl  dos   Etat«  ^.   *    '*^,.  '^''1 
ponl«;dcns,   oxruiptant  certainoH   pcrsonnes   dn    Rcrvico    mildano,  ' 

doviait  (Hro  revise  ct  modifu';,  ct  nds  si'-natcnrs  et  nos  rrpn:sontaiiis 
an  Conjjira  sent  prit;s  d'nscr  de  jcur  infliiencc  pnnr  fairc  nivisor  ct 
modifier  Ic  dit  bill,  ct  lo  gonverncur  est  pri(;  d?envoycv  uuc  copio 
do  cette  rcisolntion  a  cliacun  do  nos  sonqitcurs  cf  do  aos  rcpyOscii- 
lanta  an  Consfvos  dea  Etata  ConfiidcrOs. 


I 


(Signe,)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVfER, 

Oratcur  (Jc  ia  Chambro  dos  RcprtiWontants 
'  pENRY  M.  nYA>fS, 

Ijicntcnant-.Gouvcrncm:  ct  en-officio  President  (\n  Scnat, 
4ppi'ouv6  lo  3  Janvier,  1803.       ' 

(Signo.)  ^^''  THO.  0.  JfpORE, 

Gouvcrneur  dc  I'Etat  4c  la  Loyisiaoc, 
Pour  copjc  coaformo, 

P.  D.  Hapdy,  SecrtJtairc  d'Etat. 


No  25.]  ACTE 

Faisant  nnc  allocation  additionncllc  do  cin.c(  millc  piastres  ponr 
payer  les  dcpenses  caguellcs  dc  la  session  extraordinaire  de 
I'Assemblee  Gdndrale. 

II  est  iUcr^ld  par  le  Sinat  ct  la,  Chamhre  des  RcprCscnlanU  dc 
VEtat  dc  la,  LoinsiairCfreuvis  en  Asscmblec  G^ntrale;  Quo  la  sommc  nd- 
tlitionnellc  de  cinq  millc  piastres,  ou  antant  qn'il  en  sera  nccessaire 
est  assignee  par  Ics  prescntes  sur  tous  fonds  dans  le  tresor  nou- 


^0  -ACTS  fF  1862. 

the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriate  J,  to  pay  the  es^penses  of 
this  Extra  General  Aflaembjy,  j^nt|  that  this  act  take  effect  from  aiiii 
after  its  passage.  •:.i       ..-,    ■■ 

[Signed]  ADOLPHITS  pLlVipR, 

Speaker  of  tlie  House  of  Represcntativea 
*     UENRY  M.  UYAMS, 
Lieiitenant  Governor  and  ex  oQieio  Fresideut  ct'  the  Senate 

Approved  January  3d,  ]Sf^3. 

[Signed.]  TTTO.  0    MOORE, 

Covernor  of  th;-  State  of  Louisian^.. 
4  true  copy,  '  '  ^     ......     . 

pp.  HABpr, 

Secretary  of  State. 


• <>»» ■ 

^o.  26.]  JOINT  RESOLUTION 

Relative  to  the  payment  of  Clerks  of  the  Enrolling  Coramittee. 

Be  it  resolved  by  the  Senate,  and  J^uxe  of  B^pre&entative,s 
cf  the  Stale  of  Loxdsiana,  in  General  Assembly  convened;  That  the 
ii^nrolling  Clerka  appointed  tliis  session  be  allowed  ten  dollars  each 
per  day,  and  the  Chief  Clerk  of  enrollment  be  allowed  ^teen  dol- 
lars per  day  from  the  beginning  of  the  session,  in  proportion  frorq 
the  time  of  their  appointment,  payable  oqt  of  the  contingent  fnnds 
of  both  Houses. 

(Signed..)  ADOLPHUS   OLiyiER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives 

HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex-ofBcio  President  of  the  Senate. 

Approved  January  3,  1863. 

(Signed.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  Stale  of  Louisiana. 
A  true  copy. 

P.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretary  of  State, 


No.  2.1.]  AN  ACT 

Providing  for  the  postponement  of  the  payment  of  State  Taxes, 

Be    it    enacted    by    the  'Senate    and     House  of  Representaiivts    of 

Collection    of  ^h^  State  of  Louisiana,  in  General  Assembly  convened  ;  That  the  payment 

taxes  poatpon-  of  all  State  taxes   now  due,  or  hereafter  to  become  due,  levied  by 

**^  existing   law,  by  compulsory   process,   be  and  the  eame  is  hereby 

Buspended  uptil  "the  1st  of  February,  of  the  yea^-  ^i^^tA^u  lMUj4*'«d 


ACTES    DE    1862, 


2'^ 


aiitiemcnt  affoctes,  pour  payer  lea  depeases  dc  cctte  session  extra- 
ordinaire dc  I'Asscrablde  Gdncrale.  Cot  acte  aura  force  de  loi  a 
partir  du  jour  dc  son  adoption. 

(Sig-nd.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  Chambre  dcs  Kcprcsentants. 
HEXRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Gonverneur  et  ex-officio  President  du  Seuat. 
Approuve  le  3  Janvier,  1863. 

(Signe.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gonverneur  de  I'Etot  do  la  Louisiane. 
Pour  copie  conformo, 
P.  D.  IIakdy, 
Secretaire  d'Etat. 


No.  26]  RESOLUTION  CONJOINTE 

Pourvoyant  an  paicmeut  des  commis  do  la  chambre  des  curitlemcnts. 

11  est  rvsolu  par  le  SeTiat  et  la  Charnhrc  dcs  Rcpr{'sentanls  dc 
VElat  dc  la,  Louisiane  rfxtnis  en  AsscmhlC'C  Gaicralc;  Qu'il  est  alloue  aux 
commis  d'enrolement  nommds  pour  cette  session,  dix  piastres  par 
jour,  et  au  commis  en  chef  de  la  chambre  des  enrolcraeuts,  quinzo 
piastres  par  jour  a  partir  du  cummcncement  de  la  session  ou  pro- 
portiouueliement  do  I'dpoqno  de  leurs  nominations,  payables  sur 
les  ibuds  contingents  des  deux  chambres, 

(Signe.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  Cliambrc  dcs  Reprcsentants. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant>Gouvcrueur  ct  cx-ofQcio  President  du  Scaat. 
Approuvd  le  3  Janvier,  18G3. 

(Signd.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouverncur  dc  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane. 
Pour  copio  conforme, 
P.  D.  Hardy, 
Secretaire  d'Etat. 


No.   27]  ACTE 

Pour  reculer  I'epoque  du  paiemcnt  des  taxes  d'Etat. 

II   cH    decrclc  par   Ic    Siinat   et  la    Cluijnhre   d''s   Reprcseniaiiis    de 
I'Etat  dcla  Louisiane,  r&unism  AssemhUe.  Gen6rak;  Que  le  paiemcnt  de  Remettant  la 
toutes    taxes  d'Etat  levees  par  les  lois  cxistantes  par  ventc   foreee,  collcclion  dea 
qui   soul  dues  maintenaut,  ou  qui  pourront  ctre  clues  li  I'aveuir,  est  ^^^^^-' 
ot  dcmcure  pur  lea  preseutcs  suspendu  jusqu'uu  premier  jgui:  dc 

49 


2'6  ACTS  OF  1862. 

Proviso.  aiiti  sixty-four  :  provided,  however,  that  tiiis  act  sliull  not  apply  to 

the  collection  of"  licenses  on  trades,  professions  and  occupatious. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPIIUS  OLlVlEli, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

HENRY  M.  IIYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex  oiKcio  President  of  the  Senate. 

iipproved  January  3,  1SC3. 

(Signed.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana 

A  true  copy, 

P.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretary  of  State. 


Ho.  28.]  AN  ACT 

To  appropriate  fifty  thousand  dollars  for  the  .support  of  the  Hospi^ 
tal  at  New  Iberia,  or  such  other  point  as  may  be  designated  in 
the  South  Western  District  of  the  State  of  Louisiana. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives 
350000  appro-  f^f  tAc  State  cf  Loidsiana  in  General  Assembly  convened ;  That  the 
priated lor  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropria- 
nospiUl  _  at  ^e(j^  Qut  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury,  not  otherv/ise  appropriated, 
iSew  i.jena.  ^^^  ^^^^  support,  relief  and  benefit  of  sick  and  v/ounded  soldiers  at 
the  Hospital  at  New  Iberia,  or  such  othei'  Hospital  as  may  be  es- 
tablished in  the  South  Western  District  of  the  State  of  Louisiana, 
Board  ol' trus-  ^'^  ^^  drawn,  used  and  expended  by  S.  0.  Nelson,  Alfred  Duperier, 
tecs  —  their  B.  P.  White,  Harvey  Hopkins  and  William  Robertson,  who  shall 
powers.  constitute  a  board  of  trustees,  with  power  to  elect  their  ov/n  presi- 

dent, secretary,  medical  director  aud  attending  physicians,  who 
shall  hold  their  offices  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Board  ;  and  that 
$10000  appro-  the  further  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
priated  for  the  appropriated  out  of  said  funds  for  the  support  and  benefit  of  sick 
Ij^ospital  at  j^^^j  wounded  soldiers  at  the  Hospital  at  Greensborough,  to  bo 
lou^gh.^  °'  drav/n  and  expended  by  James  Welcli,  Steven  Corcoran,  Capt.  W. 
H.  Carter,  Board  of  Trustees  for  said  Institution  ;  said  sums  to  be 
Board  of  trus-  drawn  on  the  warrant  of  the  President  of  said  Boards,  at  such  times 
tecs  —  their  and  in  such  amounts  as  said  Boards  may  direct,  v/ho  shall,  at  the 
powers.  jjg^j.  seggiou  of  the  General  Assembly,   lay  before  it  a  detailed  ac- 

count of  the  manner  said  sums  shall  have  been  expended  ;  provid- 
iakl  before*^the  ^'^»  liowcver,  that  one  half  of  the  above  amounts  shall  not  be  drawn- 
General  As-  fi"Ofu  the  Treasury  until  the  necessity  for  the  same  shall  be  submit- 
eembly.  ted  ty  the  Ggveruoi  of  lliu  State,  and  by  him  shall  be  approved. 

50 


ACTES  r.E  1862.  2fi 

J'evrier  mil  lniit   cent  soixante-qnatro  ;  pourvn  cnpendant,  que   cot  Proviso. 
actft  lie  s'applique  pas  au  paioment  des  licences  sur  nKlticis,  protest 
aiona  ou  autres  occupations. 

(Si-m-.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  Chumbre  des  Represcntants. 

HEXRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Gouverneur  ct  ex-officio  President  du  ^^(inat. 

Approuvc  le  3  janvicr,  1863. 

(Signo.)  TIIO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouyernr'ur  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane, 

Pour  copie  conforme, 
P.  D.  Hardy, 
Secretaire  d'Etat. 


^'o.  28.J  ACTB 

Assfgnant  la  sonime  de  cinquante  millo  piastres  pour  le  soutien 
d'un  hopital  a  la  Nouvellc  Iberie,  ou  a  tout  autre  cndroit  qui 
pourra  etrc  dusign(5  dans  le  District  SudOuest  de  la  Louisiane. 

Sec.  1.  II  est  dicrm  par  le  Shiat  et  la  Chainbre  des  Repr^sentants  dc 
VElat  dc   III  Louisiatie,   r^iaiis   en  Aasemhlce  GcJi^rale;  Que  la  somme  Allocation  da 
de  cinquante  raille  piastres,  est  et  demeure  par  les  piescutes  assignee  ?-^0,ooo. 
Bur  tous  fonds  dans  Ic  trdsor,  non  autreraent  affectes,  pour  I'cntretien 
ct  les   8oi}is  a  donner  aux  soldats  blesses   et  malades    a  I'hupital  a 
la  Nouvelle  Iberie,  ou  a  tel  autre  hopital  qui  pourra  etre  fonde  dans 
le   District  Sud-Ouest  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane.     Cette  ditc  somrac  conpoil   d'ad- 
pera  tiree,  employee  et  diipensee  par  S.  0.   Nelson,  Alfred  Dupericr,  minLsiration. 
B.   F.  White,    Iiarvey  Hopkins   et   William  Robertson,  qui  consti-  Scs  pouvoirs. 
tueront  uu  conseil   d'administration,  avec   le   pouvoir   d'elire   scs 
propres    presidents,  secretaires,    mc'dccin  en  chef  et  medecin   atta- 
ches a  I'hopitul,    qui  rempliront   leurs  emplois  a  la  convenance  du 
conseil.     De  plus,  unc  somme  dc  dix  millo  piastres  est,  ct  demcuro 
par   les  prcisentes   assignee  sur   les  dits  fonds  pour  I'cntretien    des 
soldats  blesses  et  malades,  a  I'hopital  de   Grocnsborough,  et  pour  Coir^oii  .Vad- 
(itre   tiree  et   eraploj-ce  par   James  Welch,  Stephen  Corcoran  ct   le  '"'"''"■^.^'*'" 
capitaine   W.  IT.  Carter,    formaiit  le  conseil  d'administration  de  la-  Qp^ensbo!  '  ^ 
ditc  institution.     Lcsditcs   sorames  scront   tiroes  sur  le  mandat   du  rough, 
president  da  conseil,  a  telle  epoque,  et  pour  tel  montant  (jue  lesdits 
conseils   I'ordonneront  ;  ct  a   la  prochaiue   session   de    I'asserablee     Compte  do- 
gcjnerale,  ils  lui  soumettront  un  complc  dctaille  de  la  manierc  dont  tf^illearendre 
lesdites^sommes  ont  ete  employees  ;  pourvn,  cependant  (jue  la  nioi-  Proviso, 
lie  des  montants  cidessus,  ne  soit  pas  retiree   du  tresor  avaut   quo 
la  niJcessite  de  s'cn  servir  ne  soit  soumise  au  gouverneur  de   I'Etat, 
et  qu'il  no  I'ait  approuve. 


21  ACTS  OF  18G2. 

Skc,  2.  Be  it  further  enacted  ^-c,  That  this  act  go  into  cfTcct  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPIIUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  cx-olEcio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  January  3d,  J863. 

(Signed)  '  THOS.  0.  MOOEE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana. 
A  true  copy. 

P.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretary  of  State. 


No.  29.]  AN  ACT 

Eelative  to  Public  Printing. 

Sec.  1.  Beit  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  tKe 
State  of  Louisiana,  in  General  Assembly  contened  ;  That  in  addition  to 
Jncreasing  the  the  prices  now  allowed  by  law  for  public  printing,   an   increase  of 
rates  of  public  ten  per  ceut.  on  the  same   rates  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  bo 
printing.  pj^jjj  \yy  ||^q  State  Treasurer  on   the  warrant  of  the  State  Auditor  ; 

.^  provided,  that  any  party  claiming  paj'  for  matter  printed  for  either 

rovi.^  .  iloiise  of  the  General  Assembly  at  the  present  session,  shall  bo  en^- 

titled  to  draw  said  pay  only  on  presenting  to  the  State  Auditor  a 
certificate  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Senate,  or  Clerk  of  the  House 
of  Kepresontativcs,  certifying  the  nature  and  amount  of  said  mat- 
ter claimed  to  have  been  printed. 
Printing  of  Skc  2.  Beit  further  enacled,  S^-c.^  That  the  Secretary  of  State  be 
the  acts  and  and  is  herebj^  authorized  to  have  the  Journals  and  Acts  of  the  pres- 

joiirnals_  of     g,^t  session  of  the  General  Assembly  published,  as  nearly  as  possi- 
this  session.      i  i      •     xu  j    i    i  •     j  i  •   i-       i  a     j.      ^ 

ble,  in  the  manner  and  st^ae  required  by  existing  laws,  and  at  rates 

by  said  laws  fixed  ;  provided,  that  the   State  Printer  shall  be  enti- 
tled to  the  printing  of  said  matter  v.iihiu  the  time  required  by  laAV 
and  at  existing  rates. 
Copies  of  cor-      Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  ^-c,  That  the   Secretary  of  State  be 
tain  acts  to  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  have   printed  immediately,  and  dis- 
printed.  tributed  throughout  the  various  parishes  of  the  State,  two  thousand 

copies  each  of  the  following  Acts,  pi^ssed  at  the  present  session  of 
the  General  Assembly,  to  wit :."  An  act  to  organize  the  militia 
for  the  defence  of  the  State  ;"  and  "  An  act  to  raise  an  army  for 
the  defence  of  the  State  ;"  and  "  An  act  to  provide  for  the  sup- 
port of  the  families  of  soldiers,  marines  and  non  commissioned  ofH- 
ccrs  in  the  military  and  naval  service  of  the  Confederp.te  States  and 
this  State,"  and  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  appropriated  out  of  any  funds  in  the  State  Treasur}^  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  to  provide  for  the  printing  and  distribution 
of  the  same. 

Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted,    S^c,  That  the  Secretary  of  State  bo 
^and  be  is  hereby  authorized  to  have  publitjhed  utj  soon  as  possible. 


ACTES  OE   186-2.  21 

Sec.  2.  //  csi  de.  plm  decrt'fe,  cf-r.,  Qtic  cet  acte  anra   force  do    loi 
a  partir  dn' jour  de'son  adoption. 

[SiVue]  ADOLPITUS  OLIVIER, 

Oratcui  do  la  Cliauibre  des  Kepn-sciitants. 

HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Licutenant-Gouverneur  et  ex  ofEcio  President  du  Senat. 
Approuve  le  3  Janvier,  18G3. 

[Sigmi.]  THO.  O.  MOORE, 

Guuvcrncur  do  I'Etat  de  la  Louisianc. 
Four  copic  conforrae, 

P.    D.    IlAnDY, 

Secretaire  d'Etat. 


No  29]  ACTE 

Relatif  aux  Impressions  pnbHqncs. 

Skc.   1 .  //  est   dt^crtHd  par  Ic  S^nat   et  la  Chambre  des   Rqyrdscntants 
de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisianc  r^'unis  en  AssevihUe  Gdn^rale;  Qu'en  sus   des 
prix  mainteuant  alloues  par  la  loi  pour  Ics  impressions   publicjues,  le  prix^iU."' fe- 
line ang-mcntatiou  de  dix  pour  cent  sur  lesdits  prix,  est  et  dcmeure  pnssions   pu- 
par  les  prescntes  autorisec  a  etre  payee  par  le  Tresorier  d'Etat  sur  blitincs. 
Ic   mandat  de  I'auditeur,  pourvu  que   toute  personne  reclaraant   le 
paiement  des  impressions    faitcs  pour   Tune  ou  I'autro  cliambrc  de 
I'assemblec  geuerale  pendant  cette  session,  nc   soit  payee   qu'apres 
avoir  prdsonte  a  I'auditeur  un  certificat  du  secnitaire  du  senat  ou  du 
greffier  de  la  chambre  des  rcpresentants  coustatant  la  nature  et  la 
qnalite  fournie  desdites  impressions. 

Section  2.  //  est  de  plus  dccr<'t<;,  Que  le  secretaire   d'Etat  est   au- 
torise  a,  faire  publier,  autant  (jue  cela  sera  possible,  les  journaux  et     IPuidicatioft 
Ics  actes  de  cette  session  de  I'assemblec  g»^nerale,  conformciment  aux  ^^*^^  journaux, 
lois  cxistantes    et   au  prix  fix*;    par   ces   raeraes  lois;  pourvu   que  ^^'^siou'^  '^^^^^ 
rimprimcur   de  I'Etat  ait  droit  a  leur  impression   dans  le  delai  tixo 
par  la  loi  et  aux  prix  existants. 

Skc.  3.  11  est  dc  plus  d6cril^,  Sic,  que  le  secretaire  d'EUjtest  auto- 
rise  a  faire  imprimer  et  distribucr  iranKidiatcment  dans  les  di verses  Certain."  actcs 
paroisscs  de  I'Etat  deux  miJlc  copies  de  chacun  des  actes  suivants,  (lovront    etre 
passes   a   cette   session   dc  I'assemblec  geuerale,   a  savoir:  "  Acte  '"M'^'nes   et 
pour  organiser  la  milice  pour  la  defense  dc  I'Etat,"   et  "  Acte  pour    '•''"^"^■'^• 
lever    uue    armec    pour   la   defense    de    I'Etat,"   et   "  Acte    pour 
vcnir  au  secours   des  families  des  soldats,   des  marins  et  des  sous- 
oQiciers,  mainteuant  au  service  naval  et  militaire  des  Etats  Confu- 
derea  ct  de  cet  Etal,"  et  la  sommc  de  cinq  cents  piastres  est  assignee 
6ur  tous  fonds   dans   le  tresor,    non    autrimieut   affectes,   pour  etre 
employee  a  leur  impression  et  distribution. 

Sec.  I.  11  est  de  plus  dccrctc,  &c.,  Que  le  secretaire  d'Etat  est  auto- 
rise  a  faire   publier   aussitot  que   possible,   dans  <iuclquc  journal 


38 


ACTS  OF  1862. 


I'liblicqttion  ol 
fliH  iicifjol'tbis 
session. 


Repealing 
plause. 


in  spn]p  flOF/spaper  printed  within  this  Spate,  the  va.iio<is  acU^ 
t^dopUul  at  tlio  present  session  ;  provided,  that  the  piiblisliiii;;"  of 
the  sajpe  shall  be  paid  i'ov  out  of  the  appiopri^tioa  for  Slate  print- 

Sec.  5.  Jjf  *t  farther  enadsd,  SfC,  That  all  laws  and  parts  of 
la>vs  conflicting  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  repealed- 

Src.  6.  Be.  it  fwihev  cnacUi,  fJ'C,  That  this  act  shall  take  eflect 
from  ai]d  after  its  passJ^ge. 

(Signed.)  ADOJ^PHUS  OLIVIER, 

^pea]jer  of  the  Honse  of  Representatives. 
Ht:NRY  M.  HYAMS,^ 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  e^-ol^]cio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Anpfovod  Jani}ajy  J)d,  18(33. 

(Signed)  TUQ.  0.  MQORi;, 

Gpverpor  of  the  Stftte  of  liouisiana. 
A  true  copy, 

p.    D.    Hi^RDY, 

Secretary  Qf  state. 


?fo.  30.] 


JOINT  R|:SOLUTION 


Jlelative  to  the  Suspension  of  Lieut.  Col.  V.  A.  Fournet  and  Capt 
E.  W.  Fuller,  from  their  respective  Commands. 

Be  it  rfisolved  by  the  Senate  an^  JTouse  of  Keprcsentatives 
of  the  State  of  Lpuisiana,  in  Qeneral  Ass.ev.iH'^  co'nvt'ned  ;  Tiiat  the 
members  of  tl>e  Q'eneral  Assembly  have  had  and  still  have,  an 
q,biding  canfidence  in  the  courage,  patriotism  and  ability  of  Lieut. 
Col.  V.  h-  Fournet  and  Capt.  Jl.  W.  Fullev,  apd  have  learned  with 
the  deepest  regret,  their  suspension  from  their  respective  cora- 
niands  ;  and  in  case  the  above  named  ofiScors  are  not  reinstated, 
that  the  Govevoov  be  requested  to  give  them  suitable  commands  in 
thp  State  service. 

Be  it  further  resohxd,  That  copies  of  the  foregoing  Resolution  bo 
for\varded  by  the  Governor  to  Major  General  Richard  Taylor,  com^ 
manding  the  Western  Departnient  of  Louisiana,  and  his  E.xcclleucy, 
the  t*reaident  of  the  Confederate  States. 

(giguea.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  tbe  Honse  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex-oSicio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  January  3,  1863. 

(Signed.)  THQ.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana 
A  true  copy. 

P.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretary  of  State. 

54 


iCTES   DE    fSlT^.  2d 

iiUpiiriK"  dans  I'Elrit,  Ids  divers  actfes  pase«';s  li  cctte  Stssitiin;  pourtn      PdWicrllirti 
(luc  Iciir   impression  soil   pavee  siir  lee  fonda  affectes   au  paiCmeut  *^'f,  **^'''^ 
uoa  imprcssiona  faitfcs  pour  ri<itat. 

Skc.   5.  //  C5/  dc  plu,s  dtcrcle,  &,c.,  QjiG    tc/Q'teS    lois  oil    artidcs  dd  Abrogation, 
lois   contraires  aux  dispositions   de  cet  acte   60'nt  att/rogees  par  IfeS 
prdsoutes. 

Sec.  C.  //  est  de  plus  detril^,  ^J-c.^  Qufc  Cet  ficte  rinra  fo'tce  dd  lofj 
dc  la  date  de  sa  passatiou. 

(Signe.)  , ,  AtlOtrHUS  O'LlVIErt, 

Orateur  de  \d  Charabre  des  Rcproseutjints. 

HENRY  M.  IttAMS, 
Lieutendnt-Cfouverneiir  it  ex-officio  President  dii  Scnat. 
Approiive  Ic  3  jjirividr,  1863. 

(Signe,)  THd.  0i  MOORE, 

Ootiverneiir  dc  I'Etat  de  la  Lonisitirtci. 
Pour  copie  confotme, 

i^.  D.  Ukndr,  Secretaire  d'Etaf. 


No.  30  ]  tlESOLtlTlON  CO'SJOlS't't 

Relative  a,  la  tiHsd  titi  non-activitd  du  liieirt-Colonel  V.  A.  ii'ourflct 
ct  (lu  Capitaifle  B.  W.  Fuller,  dC  leiirs  cortfmaindcmcntB  res* 
pcctifsf. 

II  est  r^solit  pat  le  Siiiat  U  ta  Chambre  dts  Ri^rcseiiiaiiii  de  VElat 
de.  la  Louidane  rdunis  en  Aiscmbke  G6n6ralc.;  Que  los  membres  do 
I'asserablce  gencralc  .Tvanl  eu  et  ayant  encoic  rtuc  Coiifiunce  plcino 
ct  cntirre  daus  le  courage,  lo  patriotisme  et  Ids  capacit^s  du  Lieut- 
colonel  V.  A.  Fournet  et  dir  Capitaine  E.  W.  Fuller,  oM  appria  avec 
lo  plus  pioforrd  regret  c(u'il3  av;«etft  ot(5  sirspendus  dd  leurs  com- 
niandemcntd  respectifa  j  et  Ic  gouvemeur  est  pric,  dsfn^  Id  cas  oit 
ils  ue  seraient  pas  reintdgrea  dans  leuts  comraandem'euts,  dc  leffr  eu 
douner  un  digne  d'eux  dans  le  service  de  I'Etat. 

(.^iCil  soil  dipliis  r^solii,  if-c,  Qite  des  copies  &e  Ird  pr^sent6  rdsohf- 
tion  seront  cnvoyees  par  le  g6"uverneuv  au  Major  GcutTal  R.  Taylor,- 
comniaudaut  le  dcpartement  de  I'ouest  de  la  Loirisiane,  et  i\  eotf 
Excellence  Id  President  des  Etata  ConfcderOs. 

(Signe.)  ADOLPHUS  OtiVIER, 

Orateut  de  la  Chambrc  des  Reprdsentaiitg^ 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lidutertant  Goiivcrneuil  et  cx-officio  President  du  Se'naft, 
Approuve  le  3  Janvier,  18G3. 

(Signd.)  THO.  0.  ^fOOTiE, 

Gouvcrncur  dc  I'Etat  de  la  Louisianc. 
Pour  copie  conformc, 
P.  1).  Hardy, 

Secretaire  d'Etat. 
&3 


2'9  ACTS  OF  1802. 

No.  31.]  AN  ACT 

To  allow  the  Assessor  of  the  Parish  of  Vermillion  I'lullicr  time  to 
complete  the  ABsessracnt, 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Repress /datives  of 
the  Stale  of  Louisiana,  in  General  Assembly  convened  ;  That  the  Assessor 
of  the  parish  of  Vermillion  bo  and  he  is  hereby  allowed  until  the 
third  Monday  of  February,  1863,  to  complete  the  assessment  and 
deliver  the  rolls  to  the  Recordei',  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

[Signed.]  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  llie  House  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  M.  IIYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  cx-ofEcio  President  of  the  Senate. 

Approved  January  3d,  18 63. 

[Signed.]  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana. 
A  true  copy, 

P.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretary  of  State. 


No.  32,]  AN  ACT 

For  the  Relief  of  the  State  Treasury. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives 
^reas-ry  notef?  "/  ^^^  State  of  Louisiana  in  General  Assembly  convened,  That  it  shall 
to  tbe  am't  of  be  the  duty  of  the  Governor,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  cause 
§20,000,000 to  to  be  issued  on  behalf  of  the   State,    State  Treasury   Notes    to  an 

issuec.        amount  not  exceeding  twenty  millions  of  dollars. 
Description  of      ^^^'  ^'  -^^  ^^  further  e.nacted,    ^-c,  That   the   denominations  and 
said  Qotea.       forms  of  said  Treasury  Notes  shall  be  determined  by  the  Governor, 
but  the  denominations  shall  not  be  less  than  five  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  ;  they  shall  be  lithographed,  engraved  or  stamped 
under  his  direction  and  control  ;  they  shall  be  signed  and  numbered 
by  the  Auditor  and  Treasurer,  or  by  persons  by  them  to  be  special- 
ly employed  for  that  purpose.     Said  Treasury  Notes  shall  bear  no 
interest,  and  shall  be  deposited  with  the  State  Treasurer,  v.'ho  shall 
receipt  to   the   Auditor  for  the  same,  and  shall  be  credited  to  the 
general  funds  hereinafter  named. 
Said  notes  re-      Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,   S)'-c.,  That  said  Notes  shall  be  receiv- 
ceived  ia  pay-  able  in  payment  of  the  State,  Parish  and  Municipal  taxes,    and  all 
Jneatof  public  other  public  debts,  as  well  as   for   the   sale  of  Public  Lands,  and 
"^^*  shall  be  redeemable  tAvelve  months  after  a  definite  treaty  of  peace 

between  the  Confederate  States  and  the  United  States. 
To  what  funds      Sec.  4.  Be  it  fihrther  enacted,  ^-c,  That   of  said   Treasury  Notes, 
v|aid  notes  will  q^  amount  of  five  hundred  thousand   dollars  shall  be  placed  to  the 
be  accredited.  pj.g(jj(.  ^f  ^\^q  current   School   funds  ;  an  amount  of  two  hundred 
thousand  dollars   to  the  credit  of  the   lutcrnid  iDipiovcmeut  Tax 

50' 


ACTES  r»E  1SG2.  29 


NoGl.j  ACTS 

Pour  accordcr  dii  temps  a  I'assossour  do  la  paroissc  Vermillion  pour 
compt(.'V  SOS  rlocs. 

Lr  S^nnt  cf.  Id  Clmvibrt  dca  Tirprdsf.nlanls  de.  VElat  de  la 
IjonUinnr,  rcimis  en  AxscrrMce  Genirnlc,  ont  r^solii.  ;  Qii'il  est  accovrlii 
par  l<'s  pnisohtos  :\  rassessour  de  la  paruissc  Vermillion,  jus(iu'au 
prernior  lundi  <le  fi;vricr,  pour  compl(';tor  sos  roles  ct  Ics  livrer  ,  au 
i>«;cordcr,  cL  cct  actc  aura  force  ue  loi  a  partir  da  jour  dc  sou  adop- 

(Sijrnc,)  ADOLriTUS  OLIVIER,     . 

Orateiu'  dc  la  l/liambre  dcs  IlHpr'.sciitant^ 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Liontcnant-rioiivorncnr  ct  cx-officio  President  du  Seiiat, 
Anpronvi!  le  3  Janvier,  i>iGo. 

(Signe.j  '  TIIO.  0.  MOORE. 

Gonvcrucur  dc  I'Etat  do  la  Loiiisiahe, 
Pour  copin  coiiformo, 

P.  0,  Harpy.  Secretaire  d'Etat. 


^0.  33.1  ACTE 

Prnr  venircn  aide  aii  Trt^sor  dc  I'Etat. 

Skctiox  1.  li  est  dccrdfc  par  h  SciuU  el  la  Chnmbre  da  RrprcscntanU 
de  VElat  de  la  Louisiane  rcium  en  Assemblce  Gfncrnh;  (iu'il  sera  du      Emission  de 
devoir  du  goiiverneur  qui  y  est  autori.so  par  les  prcsentes  d'lirnettre,  'jiU'^ts  <1n  tr.:- 
S0U3  la  g^arautic  do    I'Etat,  des    billets  du  Triisor  pour  uu  moutant  yy^ooo'  ^"**' 
qui  n'excedcra  pas  viu;2;t  millions  de  piastres. 

Skc.  2.  II  es-t  dc  plus  decr^td,  ^-c.  Que  les  formes  ct  d(-noininations     .  l^cwrintion 
ilesdits  bill  ts  du  Tresor,  scront  deterniim-s  par  Ic  p^ouvorncur,  mais  ''^^  l»'""5  du 
leurs  diMiontinations  nc  pmirront  ctrc  mitiudres  dc  cinq  piastres,     ils   '^^°*' 
scront    litlioj;Taphi(:s,  graves  ct  apostilliis  sous  sa  dircctii>n    ct   sou 
controle  ^  ils  scront  sigmis  ct  nuuuirotcs  par   I'auditcnr  ct  le  Troso^ 
rier,  ou  par  des  personnes  spiicialeriieut  cn^.plovtJcs  par  cus  datis  cc 
but.     Lcsdits  billets  du  Ticvsor  nc  portcrout  par  d'ititeret,  ct  scront 
delivrcs  au  Tresorier  dc  I'Etat,  qui  en   donuera  im  rc<;u  a  Tauditeur 
pour  etre  placi's  an.x^  credits  des  dilTercnts  fends  nomr.jes  ci-apros. 

Sec.  3.  II  est   dc  plus   dccrctd,  t^-c,  Que  lcsdits   billets   du   Trosor  Lesdiis  billet.^ 
seront  re9us  en  paieraent  des  taxes  d'Etat,  de  paroisse  et  dc  niunici-  sfront    rccu.<i 
palitt',  et  de  tout  autre  dettc  publiquc,  ainsi  que  la  vcnte  des  tcrres  ^j"    ''.^,'/™r"'' 
jiubliqnes.     lis  scront  payables  doitzc  ni<Ms  apres  nn  traite  do  paix        a-'^s,  c  <.. 
dctinitif  cntrc  les  Etats  Confi'deres  et  les  Etats  T'liis. 

Si:o.  4.  //  rst  dc  phm  d^crvli,  tV'-,  Que  sur  les    bilUsts  du  Tnisor,  il    Afpigu.iiion.'? 
Hcra  d(»nue  un    credit  du    moutant  d«!    cint]  cent    millo   piastres   au  '''"  •"''?  .'''"''''^ 
iond  conrant  dcs  ecoles    publiqucs,  un  credit  dc  deux  millc  piastres  jl''^  ^^•'^'•'■^n''^ 
au  londs  d(!  la  (axe  des  amilioiations  iiili  rieurcs,  uu  cri'dit  de  deux 
fcnt  quatrcving(-ijuatre  millc  piastres  au  foiid.'i  dc  la  taxe  do  guerre; 


50"  ACTS    OF    1SC2.  , 

Fund  ;  an  .iniomit  of"  two  hundred  and  eij;lily-r(Hir  lln.usaiid  d./ilar.'^" 

to  (he  crcxlitot"  the  War  'I'i^x.  Fund,  an,d  the  bulince  to  tin;  credit  ul 

(iei)oral  Funds.     Said  amounts  to  bo  used    by    them    in  paying  the 

demands  afrainst  tliem. 

Payment  of      S,.o.  5.   Belt  further  e7uitkd,  ^r..,  That  the  sum  of  thirty  (housan.-l 

IWa  I"'?''  ^^'^"'  dollars,  or    so  mnch  thereof  as  rftav  be  neues«Mrv,    be  and  the  santo 

IS  hereby    appropriated,    to   pay    trie  expenses    of  pnntuig,    iitho- 

g-raphing'  or  eng-raving  said    Treasury    Notes;  to    be    paid   on   tlio 

warrant  of  the  (governor.  .  . 

t-'^'ti°T.'      '^''■^'  ^'     ^^  ^''  /'"■''^'?'"  i^nncUd,  cf-r.,  That  the  sum  of  llireo  tliousand 

cmoUivcd    by  f^'^'"'^*''^.  '^i'  so  mnch  tlicreof  as  n/ay  l)e    necessary,    be  and  the  same 

ilii!  Aiuiiior  1  is  herel\y   appropriated  for  the  paj'ment  of  ad'flitional  clerks,    to  bo 

'I'rci^suier.        employed  by  the  Auditor  in  numbering  and  signing'   said    Treasury 

Notes,    and    tlie   further   snm    of  two  thousand"  dollars,  ,or  no  much 

thereof  as  may  be  necessar}',    for  the  p'a3'nieiit  of  additional  clerbti 

to  be  employed   by    the  Treasurer  for  signing  said  Treasury  Notet;, 

(Signed.)  AUOf^PHUS    OLIVJER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  IxepresentativcH, 

HENRY  M.  IIYAM.S. 
LlclUenaiit  (toX^crnor  and  ex-onicio  President  of  thu  Senate. 
Approved  January  3,  18()3. 

(Signed.)  TlK).  0.  MOOKF, 

<.;overnoi'  of  the  Stale  of  LottisiaiiS, 
A  true  copy. 

P.    D.  'llAnDY, 

Secretary  of  Slaif. 


No.  iJ'd]  AN  ACT 

Removing  the  Seat  of  Government. 

he  it  enacle.d  hy  the,  iScnatc  a'lid  JJousc  of  I^cprcscntatices  of 
the  Utalc  of  Louisiana,  in  Crencral  Assenihly  cmivtwd;  That  tlie  Seat' 
of  Government  of  the  State  of  Louisiana,  shall  be  reuioved  from' 
Baton  Rouge  to  the  town  of  Shreveport,  in  the  parish  of  Gaddo, 
and  there  remain  during  the  coiitinuance  of  the  war. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER,, _ 

Speaker  of  (ho  House  of  Eeprescntatives. 
HENRY  U.  HYAMS,, 
ijieutcniltit  Governor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Seuate. 

Approved  Janliary  od,   IStlo. 

LSigQcd.l  THQ.  p.  MOORE,, 

Governor  of  the  Stat«  of  Louisiana! 
A  Irufe  copy, 

P.  D.  Hardx-, 

Secretary  of  State     , 


i'.CTrs  nr  1802.  SO 

'  pH.   la  liahmro  an  rnklit  dos    fonds  {roiKfanx  pour  ilvp  eroploj'f'S    au 
piiif»rh('tit  dti  ii-olainalimis  coulre  eiix. 

Sfc.  ;').  //  es/  de  plus  dcr.relV;  S-r.,  Quo  la  somnio  de  $30,000  on  ?"0.00n  nsl- 
nntant  (|ii  il  on  sera  ncoossaire,  oat  par  los  presontna  assignee  an  Jy^^,^^^  ^i^.^,  ,j,.. 
.paioment  dos  dcponses  pout  impiimer,  Htliograplior  on  p^ravor  los  ]w\w!>  d'im- 
dita  billets  dii  Tiusor,  laquelle  somme  sera  pavt;e  snr  le  inandat  du  i)rc>sion.  I'ic, 
j^onvornour.  "'"  des  bilh-is. 

^nc.  6.  //   est  de  plus  dccr/-lt,    ^x,  Qnc  la  sommc    uc    trois    niille  P:iiemont  <los 
piastres,   on  antant  qn'il    en  sera  necessaire,  est   par  les    priisentes  commis   miji- 
Ytssifrnde  an  paieinent  dos  commis  supplementaircs  qni  sont  employ-  plt^in^'ntaires 
<^s  par  I  auditeur  ponr  numcroter  et  signer  Jesdits  billqts  dn  1  rc^sor,  i-jiujitp,,,.  %[ 
ot  nne  somme  de  denx   mille  piastres  de    pins,  (,a    antaiit  qn'il   en  le  trcs^ripr.  " 
sera  nocessaire,  est  assip^nt-e  ponr  le  paieraent  (L's  cnmniis   snppl*'-- 
fuenfaiios  qni  soroni  emj)loy(.>s  par  le  Tiesoiie*   p>.iur  signer  lesdita 
ijillots  dn  Tresor. 

(Sigmi.)  ArjOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

OratC'i,ir  de  iaCIiambrt*  des  Kopniscntants. 

ITEXRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Licntonant  Gonvornenr  r-t  ox-officio  Pn-siilmt  dn  St-nat. 
/\ppronv«''  lo  3  janvior,  1863. 

(Signt-.)  THO.  O.  MOORE, 

nonvornonr  (it-  M^tat  Oo  la  r..oni.slano 
Pour  ropio  conform.'', 
^     "        ^.  D.  HARin', 

:*ecn-fairo  d'Etat. 


^o.  33, j  ACTE 

Changeant  Ic  sieg.e  du  Oouvernement. 

ri  est  dticrrW-  far  le  Scnnt  et  la  C/inmlre  drs  Eein-rffntaiils  de 
I'Klat  de  lo  Louisinjie,  r^unis  cii  Assemblre  Ocnrral^ ;  Qne  lo  siogo  «ln 
gonrernomont  de  la  Lonisiaric  est  transfore  do  Baton  Ronge  a  la 
yille  de  Shroveport,  dans  la  paroisse  Caddo,  et  il  continnora  a  y 
sieger  pendant  la  duree  de  Ja  gijerre. 

(Signe.)     **  '  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  La  Charabre  des  Represoutants. 

HENRY  M.  TIYA.MS, 
Lien,lienant-(Tonvernenr  et  ex  officio  Pn'sident  dn  Sciiat. 
Approyve  le  3. Janvier,  1863. 

(Signe,)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gonvernenr  dc  I'Etat  do  la  Loniaiang. 
Four  oopie  conformo, 

P.  D.  Hardv, 
Secretaire  d'Elat. 


81  ACTS  OF  18C3. 

No.  34]  AN  ACT 

^Faking  an  Appropriation    for  Military  Piirpo.^cf;. 

Sec.  1,  Be  it  enaclcd  Ly  the.  Senate  and  House  of  Represoda lives  of  thi 
$13,000,000  Slate  of  Louisiana,  in  General  Assembly  amveucd;  Tliat  tlie  kuoi  of 
appropruUed.  thirteen  millions  of  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  ma.}'  be  necessa- 
ly,  be  aricl  the  san;ie  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any  niojiey  in 
the  Trcasur\,  not  other^\ise  appropriatcid,  fur  the  purpose  of  carry- 
ing into  cfl'eet  the  provisions  of  the  act,  entitled  "  an  act  to  raise 
an  army  for  the  defence  of  the  State,"  and  the  act  entitled  "  an  act 
to  organize  tlie  iTiilitia  for  the  defence  of  the  State,''  passed  at  the 
present  session  of  the  General  Assenibl}'. 

'    Sec.  2.  Be  it  furthsr  enacted,  ^-c,  That  this  act   sliall  take  cffecf 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHTJS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  Ilonse  of  Representalivcs. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant-Governor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Senate. 
/\pprovcd  .Tannary  3d,  1863.  •     .  . 

(Signed.)  '  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana, 
2V  true  copy,  P.  D.  Hardy,  Secretary  of  Stat'\ 


No.  35.]  AN  ACT 

To    appropriate    fifty    thousand    dollars  to  the  HoGpital  at  ^fonvoe, 
La,,  for  the  relief  of  the  sick  and  Avounded  soldiers. 

Be.  it  enacted  bi/  the  Spiate  and  House  of  Bcprcscnlatires 
A «,---^„, :>(•«_  of  the  IState  of  Louidana'in  General  Assembly  convened;  That  tlie  suiii 
of  iilty  thonsand  dollars  he  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated 
ont  of  any  mono}' in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for 
the  use  of  the  Hospital  at  Monroe,  La.,  for  the  benefit  of  the  sick 
and  Avonnded  soldiers,  to  be  drawn,  used  and  expended  by  R.  W. 
Richardson,  D.  J.  CalderAv-ood,  Rev.  John  A.  JJagnire  and  John  Ray, 
(•iti.^ens  of  said  toAvn  of  jNFonroe,  who  shall  at  the  next  session  of 
the  General  Assembly,  la}'  before  it  a  detailed  account  of  the  nian-^ 
her  said  sum  shall  have  been  expended  :  Provided,  how(!ver,  that 
Proviso.  one-half  of  the  above  amount  shall  not  be  draA/n  from  the  Treasury 

nutil  the  necessity  for  the  same   be   submitted    to  the  Governor  of 
the  State,  and  by  him  shall  be  approved. 

[Signed.]  ADOLPHLS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  Uv)nse  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  ^L  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex  oGlcio  President  ot  the  Senate 
Approved  Jannary  3d,  1863. 

[Signed.]  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  S\\\W  of  Lonhsiana 
A  true  Copy, 

1'.  D,  Harhy,  Seerelar}  of  Stat'-. 


j^cTm  DF,  i8{>,3.  SI 

Jtfo.  34.]  ACTE 

As.sigiKint    Iroizi;    niiili«")ns    de  piastios  pnpr   inoltro  en  yigui  j]r  los 
aclios  relatifs  a  la  liiilice  et  a   IJarmotj  do  I'Etat. 
Skc.  1.  II  est  (Ucreic  jinr  h  Sf^nai  et  la  Chambrc  dca  RcprtxenlarJs  de 
I'Etat  fl'e  In  Louidanc,   reunis  c/i  Aasemb/cc  Gen6rale;  (hie  la  soiniiic  do  A'l.vniion  do 

.,,.         \        ■     i  *     »       ••!  '   ^     .  .  ,  Si;5. 01)0. 000. 

1r(Mzo  millions  do    puistres,  on  autaiit  (^u  il  en    sera  ncccssan-o    est 

par  ios  prd.scntes  assij^nt-o  sur  tou.s  fonds  non  aritreinciit  airrcfiis 
dans  lo  tresor,  afin  do  niotlro  c;i  c.xccntioii  los  dispositions  do  I'aoli! 
iiititnlo,  "ActG  pour  orgatn'sor  une  arnido  ponr  la  ddlenso  do  I'Klat," 
(>t  do  I'acto  intitul(;  "  Acte  pour  organiser  la  niiiico  ponr  la  ddleiiso 
lo  I'Etat,"  adoptds  a  cette  session  de  rassenibldo  geiierale. 

Sfx'  2.  11  est  de  phis  d(cr^l4,  c^  c,  0,i;e  cot  acte  aura  force  de  loi,  dn 
-)ur  da  eon  adoption. 

(Signc.)  ADOLPIIUS  OLIVIER, 

Oratcur  dc  la  Chambro  dcs  Kopn'scntaiitr::. 
HENllY  ^.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Gonvcrncur  ct  o.^oliioio  Prosidout  dn  St'nat. 
Anpvouv(''  le  3  janvior,  1S63. 

(Siguo.^  THO.  O.  MOORE, 

(lonvcrnour  do  I'Etat  do  la  Ijoui:i;iano. 
Pour  copie  conformc,  P.  D.  IIahdv,  Secretaire  d'Etat. 

No  35.]  ACTK 

Assignant  la  sonirac  dp  cintpiantc  ^lillc  pii^slres  a  riiopilal  ;i  ift.nroo, 
Louisianc,  po;ir  I'assis^ncc  des  §olvlats  raalades  ou  bless('s. 

Src.    1,   II  est   d&.rcK' par  le  Stnat    et  la  Chainhrc  des   Reprijsiiiitnnts 
de  I'Etat   de  la  Louisinne   rcwnis  en  Assemhlee,  Generate;  (iue  la   somme  Allncalion  (l<i 
dc  cin(jnanto  niille   piastres  est  par  les  prdsentes  assignee  sur  tons  ^''''i"^*^- 
i'onds  dans   Ic  tresor  non    aulreinent  aflbct(is,  a    I'liopital  a    Monroe, 
Lonisiane,  au  proSt  dcs  soldats  blesses    et  malades,  pour  I'trc  tinio, 
oniploydc  el  deponsdc  par  K.  W.  Richardson,  Dr.  John  Caldorwood, 
Eev.    John  A.    Magnlrc  et   John  R:iy.    citoyens  de   ladite  ville    dc 
Monroe,  (|ui,  a  la  prochaine  asscMiibldo  gdiicialo,   lui  soumetlront  nn 
conipto    detaillti  dc    la  nianierc  dout    ladite  sonimc  a  dtd  eniployde  ; 
)>ourvu,  cependant,  qu'unc  moitid  dc  ladite  somme  ne  soit  pa?n-ctin-c  i^roviso. 
du   trc'sor  avant  qnc  la  ndcessitd  dp   s'en  servir  iie  soit  soumisc   an 
gonverncur  de  I'Etat,  et  qu'il  ne  I'ait  approuvd. 

Sec.  2.  11  est  de  phs   d^cr^td,  i^-c,  Que  cot  acte  aura  force  dc  loi  a 
parlir  du  jour  de  son  adootion. 

(Signd.)  '  ADOLPnUS  OLIVIER, 

Oratcnr  dc  \i\  Chambre  dcs  Repn'-sentants. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Oonverneur  et  ex-o&icio  Pidsidcnt  du  Sdnat. 
Approuvd  le  3  Janvier,  1863. 

(Signd.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

(Jouvcrncur  dc  THtct  de  la  Louisianc. 
Four  copie  conformc, 

P.  1).  II.vRDV,  SocK'tairo  d'Etat. 


•"■2  jfCjii.  OF  J?62. 

No.  >;(|]  4X  40T 

To  uijt.liorb.o  Uie  Poli^.^p  VJi"''"'"!  9/   the  (liDVi-eiit  F.ulsliPs  of  llie  ?,(atQ 
"  to  levy  j^j^i^d  ^•;-"*\f'{  ta::es  for' whs'  piirposos. 

Bi  itcnaded  h}i  the.  S^naie.  nvd  ILmse  of  Jlrprexent(ili\e<:  of  ihe  Stale, 
C'f  Lpuisinna,  in  General  Asaemhly  convened  ;  Tliat  tlie  i'olicc  Juries 
i.f  'die  Gm(M-al  i^aiislies  be  and  tliey  are  lieieby  antliorized  to  cause 
To  IW?  t'.olieoted,  jv'ny  tt^x  or  tarces  that  ma}-  have  been'  levied  t'oi* 
"\Viir''pnTp<)ses,-  the  Rii'pporl  and  snl)t,!stf nee  of  {'uo,  families  of  all 
soldier^i.'arid  fior  th<>so  y,  ho  inay  have  beiconie  or  inaj'  hereai'ter  be- 
«ome  dis.'ililed  by  ^routids  rc'ceived  fn  the  service,  in  their  respective 
parish(\«!,  and  shall  provide  for  the' pa>  merit  of  Bonds  ttiat  may 
have  been'  i;Ssp,pd,  (/r  rnav  hereafter  be  issued  for  said  purposes  ; 
and  any  Police' .Tiiry  or  Juries  "that  may  have  levied  taxes  lor  sai(i 
purposes,  siiallbo'and  t|if>y  are  hereby  aiiliiorized  to  levy  and  col- 
lect taxes  for  war  purposes  ;  and  any  tuxes  IciVied  or  to  be  levied, 
nhall  be  laid  and  cfiUectcd  witliin  the  limits  of  incorporated  to^^■n3 
ill  such  parish,  equally  with  other  parts  of  the  parish. 

(Signed!)      "'    '  '    ADOLPIIUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  Hci'iise Of  Pepresentatives. 
IIENPY  ]\I.  11  YAMS, 
Jjieutenant  Governor  and  ,eA-o|ucio  President  of  the  Senate, 
approved. lanuaiv  3d,  1803. 

(Signed)    "  "  TIIO.S.  0.  MOORE, 

Cloycrnor  of  tlic  State  of  Loiiisiana. 
A  true  copy.  •      .  -. 

P.  P.  llAnny. 

T'CCietary  of  State. 


No.  G1.]  AN  ACT. 

Changing-  the  annual  meeting   of  the   Legislature   pf  thp   Slate  of 

Louisiana. 

Si:c.  1 .  Be  il.  enacted  hy  the  Scnaie  and  House  of  Jleprexentaiires  of  the 
Annunl  mcot-  Stale  of  Louisiana,  in  (Jeneral  Asscnihh/  convened.;  That  the  General 
iug  fi.\P(l  lor  Assembly  sliall  meet  arinually  on  the  first  Monday  of  October,  until 
the  l-:t  Oct.         ,1  •        t        .   j  1      1 

otherwise  directed  b3'  law. 

Si-c.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,   ^-c,  That  it^    iirst    annual  meeting' 
shall  commence  on  the  1st  IVIonday  in  October,  1863. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPfiUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  qf  Reprpsentativef5. 
IJENRY  U.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  exofficio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  January  3,  1803. 

(Signed.)  ■  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiiuna. 
A  true  copy. 

P.  D.  "Hardy, 

Secretary  of  Slate. 

62 


ACTi.S    DE 


1861 


Aulori.sLiut    Ic's  .Jmis  de  FoIkc  dew  diffoie'ii(^'s  Paruisscs  dc  fEtut   a 
levcT  et  percevuir  dcs  taxes  ae  giierrr. 

[<7  esf.  f,Ur,r^l.(-  p.ir  it  Stuql  ef  la  Ch'nnbre  (les  Kepidsevldrits  dp. 
I' Elal  de  la  Lrinisuuie,  leunls  cil  Assemble c  G'eiicrliU;  Que  U's  .fiVris  du 
Police  (U'S  diff'thentcs  puroisses  du  I'Etnt,  sunt  '^)ar  Ics  prdsiiii'ls^,  aii- 
loriscis  ;i  poicevoir  toiUos  taiics  ({iii  poiiriont  avoir  elt;  levels  pimr 
I<;s  bosdiiis  de  la  guerre,  les;secjiirs  et  Iji  sTibslstaijce  des  /amillt'.i 
des  sokiuts,  ft  pom-  l<;s  noluats ,  iiivalides,  et  cPiir  qi'i  pojirroiit  l(; 
i-icvcuir  par. suite  des  Idess.ues  it', us  an  service,  dins  Ifiirs  bar*  isse:l 
lespectives  ;  et  pour  ponrvuir  nu  paiernent  des  bous  <]ni  jioMirorft 
avoir, , (ite  tiuiis  dans  ee  but,  ou  poiinont  IV'tie  ;\  Tiiveuir  :  rt  tout 
juri  de  police  qui  n'n  pas  levil  de  taxc;  pour  les  besoiiis  eidessus, 
isera  iuilovise  a  lever  et  percevoir  des  taxes  de  ijuerre,  et  lesdites 
taxts  aiiisi  levies,  ou  i^  l;.'Ver,  s.^ront  nnposeet^  et  perrut-s  flans  Ics 
villes  iucorport'es  de  ces..paroisses,  dans;  !cs  ii^'Cu-'es  proi)orlions  q\iv 
poui  les  autres  parties  de  ccs  paruiss^^s. 

(Sigiie.)  AriOLPlirS  OLIVIKi;. 

Uiateur  de  la  CIimmiImc  des  Kcprt-senta'fil'i. 

iikm;v  M.  uvAM^i. 

LioutenaiiS'Jouvei  ntur  ct  ex-ollicio  i'lesident  du  Seiiat. 
Approuve  le  o  Janvier,  lfeO:J. 

(Signe.j  ,         ;1:H0.  O.  MOORI'^, 

.,  ,  ,  ^  Goivefneuf  dc  I'Etat  do  la  Liouislaiit, 

Four  copio  conforme, 
r.   D.   Hardy, 
Secretaire  d'Elat. 


No.   37.]  ACTE 

Cfiaugeant    repo(|ue  ile    la  session    annuellc  de   la   Legislature   do 
I'Etat  de  la  Louisiarie, 

Skc.    I.  ll  csf.  dccr<^lc  par  li;  SCiio.t    el  ta  Chnmhrc  des  Repri-sentanls  dc. 
rlulal  de  Id  Lovviianc  rettvfi^  fin  ^^sj^wii/t?!:  Gr'vzcVrt/c;  (^ue  I'assemblee  '^- '"i<-'iii'''("'' -iii; 
geucra'lese  nhiuira  clia(|ue  aniif'-e,  le  premier  luudi  d'octobre,  jusqu'a  ""•^•''^  '"J^''c<iu 
ce  (juMl  en  «oit  antreinent  ordoune  par  une  loi. 

Skc.  2.  tl  est  dc  plus  dt^cr^le,  &c.,  (^no    sa    pretnif-re    session    an~ 
uiicllc  coiDinencera  le  premier  luudi  d'octobre,  18G3. 

[Sigue.j  ADOLPIIUS    OLIVIER, 

Oratcur  de  la  Cliambre  des  Heprrseutants. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
liieutcnaut-douverneur  et  ex  officio  President  du  Senat. 
Approuvi'  le  o  jauvicr,   18(3o. 

[Signe.J  TIK).  0.  MOORE, 

Guuvcrucur  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiauc,. 
PouV  cpie  coiilornii", 
P.   D:  »Urdv, 

Seei-etuiic  d'Etat. 


33  AcT.i  OF  IS  1)2. 

No.  38.]  AN  ACT 

Lo-,-aIiziii<:^  liic  Abls  uf  il.  M.  Liibat;  L.  D.  Cosby  and  Jno.  W.  Price, 
JiiKlices  of  the    Toace  in  and  I'ov  itie  parish  ol"  KapiJcs. 

Be  it  aiadcd  bfj  Ike  Senate  and  IToiisc  of  Rqu-esc^itallrcs  of 
klie  State  of  Lotiidann  i^i  Gen'erat  Assiihh/y  convened  ;  That  all 
acts  of  H.  M.  Labilt,  L.  t).  Cosby  and  John  W.  Price,  in  rendering; 
jiidgiueiits  and  celbbrating"  marriages  ils  Justices  of  the  l'cac(% 
IVorn  Jaunary  scveiiili,  eighteen  hlindred  and  fifty  nine  be  and  tlicy 
iire  hereby  iegali^'.ed  :'  Provicled,  this  act  be  not  so  constriied  as  to 
prevent  parties  ag-ainst  whoni  judgtiiLMitS  !iave  been  rendered,  froiii 
appealing-  to  the  District  Court. 

(Signed.)  ,  ADOCPlinS  C'LIYIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
IlENPtY  M.  HYAIMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  c£  officio  President  of  tlfe  Senate. 
Approved  January  3',  1863. 

(Signed.)  THO.  0.  Mb  ORE, 

Governor  of  t'lc  State  of  Louisiai'ui. 
A  title  copy, 

P.  D.  HaiIdy,     ,_     ,. 
Secretary  of  Slate. 

. — ..^^^.^ 

■    to.  39.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  Police  Jury  of  the  parisli  of  Avoyellec  to  oLslnici 
the  channel  of  the  Bayou  Dcs  Glaives. 

Sec.  \.  Be    it    evaded    by  the   Senate  and  IJhiis'c  of  Jxqrresenln tires 
Authority  o/^  the  Slateof  Loitisiana,iii  Gtiieral  Assembly  convened  ;  Thi.il  \]\c  l\)\\co 
Riven  to  ob.s-  Jur}^  of  the  parisli  of  Avoyelles  be,  and  it  is  hereby  authorized  and 
triicttbocluui-  piiipovvcred  to    place  obstrncfiohs   in  the  cliannel  of  the  Bay(ni  dea 
Glaizes,  at  euch  place  or  plates  as  it  may  deem  expedient  :>nd  ade- 
quate t'or  the  purpose  of  preventing  the  navigation  thereof  by  the 
enemy's  gunboats  and  transports.  i 

Power  to  or-  '^^'^-  2-  Be  it  further  enacted  S^-'c.,  That  said  Police  Jury  shall  have 
ck-r  out  force,  authority  and  power,  by  virtue  of  this  act,  to  order  out  such  negro 
&c..  ii.s  may  force  ^'itliin  tlie  lifiiits  of  said  parish  as  may  be  deemed  by  it  no- 
bo  deeiuea  no-  pessary  for  the  vigorous  f)ros6ciitioft  and  speedy  completion  of  said 
^'  "ivork  or  works  ;  that  it  shall  halve  full   power   and  aiuthority  to  ap- 

propriate and  use  such  imp'letnents   found  in  the   possession  of  the 
inhabitants  of"  said   parish,  wagons,  timber  wheels,  teams  of  what- 
<5ver  character  ae  they   may   need,    and  also  stich  timber  as  it  may 
deem  inrtispensable  or  absolutely  necessary,  to  the  prompt  prosecu- 
tion of  said  work  or  works,  provided  alvv  ays  that  fair  and  reasona- 
ble compensation  shall  be  tendered  to  the  owner  or  o\vners  thereol". 
i'owcr  to  cm-       Skc.  o.  Be  it  farther  enacted,    tf"'.,   That  said  J'olicc  Jury  is  hereby 
jiloy  agents  &  invested   \vith  lull  power    and    authority   to  employ   such  agent  or 
levy  tax.  ng-cnts  to  supervise,  mana-j^e  and  coniluct  such  work  or  works  as  it 

may  deem  necessary  :  that    it   be  and  i.s  hereby  further  authorized 
to  levy  a  tax  upon  the  property  in  aaid  parish,    lor    the    i>urpose  of 


^OTES  r»E   iS62.  '-'■• 

,).   33]  ACTE 

L'J;j;a!i3aiit  Ics  actcs  do  U.  M.  Labat,  L,  D.  Cosbcy  et  Johu  W.  Frice, 
Jugcs  do  P;i.ix  de  lu  paroissc  dca  Kapidcs. 

II  cfit  d6cr6t6  par  Ic   Scnat  ci  la   Ckavibre  dcs  lu'prcsenlanls  de  VElat 

de  la  Loulsiant   r&iinis   en  Assemblcc    Gcneialc;  Que  tons  les  uctcs  do 

II.  M.  Labat,  L.  1).  Cosbcy  ot  Joha  W.  Frice,  agissant  comme  jug-u^ 

do  p;iJx  pour  jugv;iiiei)ta  veudus,    ct  cdliibratious  de  inarriageN,    da- 

Ills  !g  Hopt  Janvier,  mil  liuiL  cent  ciuquaiite-ueuf,  soiit  Ic-^-aiiscs  par 

v;    prc.sciitoB  ;  poiirvu,  ccpeudaut,  que  cct  actc   no  soit  pus   iutcr- 

!c   do  inaniiM'o  a   oiiipoclior  I03   parlies   contro   IcsquellL'tj  Icurs 

■•umcnts  ont  ctii  reudus  d'cii  appelei  X  la  c<mr  do  district. 

(SignJ,)  AbOLFHUS  OLIVIER, 

Oraleur  dc  la  Cliambrc  dcs  K(;pr'j.scntants. 
ilENKY  M.  KYAM6, 
Licntonant^Gouvcrncur  ct  es-ollicio  Frtiaidcut  du  Souat. 
Approavo  lo  3  jauvler,  ISOo. 

(Signd.)  TilO.  0.  MOORE. 

Gouvcruciu"  dc  i'Etat  dc  la  Louisiauc. 
Four  copic  conformc, 

F.  D.  IIaeoy,  Socn'tairc  d'Etat, 


■  <o.  39  j  AGTE 

Autorisant  Ic  juri  do  puiico  de  la  paroisse  dcs  Avoyelles  a  obatruor 
lo  clicr.al  du  ilayou  des  Glaizcs. 

Sec.   1.  11  est  d(:cri'lc  par  k  Scnat  ef   la  Chamhrc  dcs  Bxprcscnlants  dc 
rEtat  de  la  Luuisinmn,    rcnnir,   en  Asscmhlcc  Gcucrale;  Quo  le  jdri  dc  Aii(ori?;ml.    a 
police  de   la  paroisse  dcs  Avoyelles   est   autorisci   a   placer  dca  ob-  psiccnlL'.soi).--, 
structious  dans   Ic   chenal   du   Bayou  des  Glaizes,    aux  eudrcits  ct  *'""''■'""'' '''^"'' 
places  qui   lui  paraitront   propres    et  couvenables  dans  Ic  but  d'en  ''' '^^'"'"'''' 
rendie  la  navigation  iiupralicable  au::  canouuicrcs  ct  aux  transports 
ouncniis. 

Skc.  2.  II  cat  de  plus  dccrilc,   i]-c.,  Que  Icuit  jari  dc  police  aura  le  r)roU<1e  nr^f- 
pouvoir  de  niettre  en  requisition,  dans  les  limitcs  dc  laditc  paroisse,  'f-  *^"  ruquis-i- 
lei  uombre   do  negrcs  qu'il  jagera   iiocessairo   d'cuiployer   pour  la  w'v'ons-^ctc. 
promptc  ot  rigoureu.SG  execution  ct  mise  en  ccnvre  dcs  dits  travaux.     '  "    '' 
II  aura  ploin  pouvoir,  pour  s'en  servir  a,  cct  usage,    dc  prendre  les 
outils  ct  le  nvatcriel  quo  les  habitants  de  ladite  paroisse  pcuvont 
avoir  en   lenr  possession,   tcls  quo  wagons,  diables,  attclagcs  de 
^  Mile  espoce,   et  aussi   lo  bois   iju'il   croira  indispensable   pour  la 

'Uiptc  execution  des  dits  travaux.     11  est  biea   entendu   qu'uuo 
;ste  conipensaliou  sera  toujours  accordJc  a  lours  proprit-taires. 

Skc.  3.  Rest   dcplus  dicrCiiJ,  k,c.,  Que  Itxiit  juri  dc   police  est  par     ronvoir  <!:! 
1  s  prcscntoa  revetu   de  pleius  poi'.vi>irs   pour  oaiployor  dcs   agents  ""■'""*-''"  ''"* 
.  our  controler,  diriger   ct  condiiiro    ios  travaux  qui    lui  paraitrofat '''•''''"^^' 

■ossaircs;  il  est  do  plus   autnrist;  a  im^/OsoA"  uuo  laxc   am  les  pro- 

:'ilcs  dc  laditc  paicissc,  alia  C\c  dul'raycr  Icutcs  les  ddpcnscs  faitcd 


34  ACTS  OF  18G2. 

defrayin.^  and  paying  all  expenses  incurred  by   virtnc  of  the  atw 
thority  hereby  granted,   and  that  it  have  full  power  to  collect  the 
same  as  in  other  cases  provided  by  law. 
ItfilUary  an-      Sec.  4.  Be   it  further  enacted,  ^-c.,  That  in  case  of  resistance,  di- 

"p.'''*''^^*'*' l^*^  roctly  or  indirectly,  to  the    due    enforcement   of  the  provisions   of 
called  upon  in  ,i-,i  "^  ,,  .1  ^  .  , 

certain  cases.  '^'^'^  ^^*'  ^^  ^"^  person  or  persons  -whatever,  the  agent  or  ageuta, 
supervisors  or  managers  of  the  work  or  works  designated  to  be 
done  by  said  Police  Jury,  shall  be  and  tliey  are  hereby  authorized 
to  call  upon  the  militia  or  military  authorities  of  this  State,  within 
said  parish,  for  such  assistance  in  the  premises  ;  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  said  militia  or  military  authorities  to  put  down  such  resist- 
ance promptly,  by  all  such  means  as  by  them  may  be  deemed 
absolutel.y  necessary  and  adequate  for  the  enforcement  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act. 

Sec.  5.  Be  it  further  enacted,  Sj-c,  That  this  act  take  effect  from 
and  after  its  passaare, 

(Signed.)^  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER,^ 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex-ofiicio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  January  3d,  1863. 

(Signed)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana. 
A  true  cop3'-, 

P.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretary  of  State. 

No.  40.]  AN  ACT 

Cheating  an  additional  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  the  Piueville  Ward 
in  the  parish  of  Rapides. 

Sec.  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Bepresentatives 
of  the  State  of  Louisiana,  in  General  Assembly  convened  ;  That  hereafter 
there  shall  be  tw^o  Justices  of  the  Peace  elected  by  the  qualified 
voters  of  Pineville  Ward. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  ^yc,  That  this  act  take  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage, 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  January  3,  18G3, 

(Signed.)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana, 
A  true  copy, 

P.  D.  Hardy, 
Secretary  of  State. 

CO 


ACTE3   DE    1862.  34 

en  vortn  de  I'autorisation  doonue  par  les  presentcs,  et  il  a  plein 
pouvoir  dc  la  peryevoir  eu  la  mauiore  prescrite  par  la  loi  en  parcil 
cas, 

Sec.  4.  11  est  de  plus  decrele,  ij-c,  Qu'au  cas   de  rcsistauce  diiccto     Les  agentg 
ou  indirccte    opposue  a  Pext'cution   do  cettc  loi,  ou  a  quclijuos-uncs  pourront   eu 
de  ses  dispositions,   par  quclipes  personnes  qne  co  suit,  I'agcnt  ou  ^PP^'^*^"^   *  ^^ 
les  asrents   cliarjj^es  de  contioler  et  de  dirisrer   les  tiavaux  ordouues  t.!;,,^^.,;,     ^^' 
par  ledit  juri  de  police,    en  appelleront  a  la  nulice    ou  autres  auto- 
rites  railitaires  de  cet  Etat,    qui  se  trouveront  dans  cette  paroisse, 
pour  obteuir  I'assistance  dont    ils  pourront  avoir  besoin;  et  11  sera 
du  devoir   de  ladite  milice   ou  des  dites  autorites   militaires   d'em" 
ployer  promptenient   tous   les  moj-ens    qu'ils  jugerout   necessairea 
pour  mettre  a  execution  les  dispositions  do  cet   acte  et  soumettro 
les  recalcitrants. 

Sec  5.  11  est  de  plus  dccril^',  i\  c,  Que  cet  acte  aura  force  dc  loi,  du 
jour  de  son  adoption. 

(Si-ne.)  ADOLPnUS  OLIVIER, 

Oratcur  dc  la  Chambro  dcs  Rcprescntants. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Gouvcrneur  et  cx-officio  President  du  Seuat. 
Approuvc;  le  3  Janvier,  1863. 

(Signe.)  TIIO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouvcrneur  dc  I'Etat  de  la  Louisianc. 
Pour  copie  conformc, 
P.  I).  Uardy, 

Secretaire  d'Etat. 


No.  40.j  ACTS 

Creant   un  Jngc  de  paix  additioncl   dans  lo   District  do   Pinevillo, 
Paroisse  des  Rapides. 

Sec.  1.  Il  est  dtcrclC  par  Ic  Senat  ei  la  Chamhre  des  Reprcsentanls  dc 
I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane,  rcunis  en  Assemblt-e  Gtntrale ;  Ciu'a  I'avenir, 
les  votants  legaux  du  District  do  Pincville,  cliront  deux  Jugcs  do 
Paix  pour  ce  District.  ' 

Sec.  2.  II  est  dc  plus  deer tti,  c^-c.  Que  cet  acto  aura  force  do  lo;, 
Uc  la  dale  de  sa  passation. 

(Signe.)  ADOLPnUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  Clianibre  des  Represeutants. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant-Gouverneur  et  ex-officio  President  du  Se'nat. 
Approuvt;  le  3  Janvier,  1S63. 

(Signe,)  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouverueur  dc  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane. 

Four  copie  conforrae, 
P.  D.  Hardy, 

Secretaire  d'Etat. 

£7 


•3C  ACT3  OF  18Gt!. 

No.  41.1  -^^N  ^<^T 

To  provide  for  thc'stipport.  of  t.lio  familioB  of  officers,  soldiers  aiwl 
iiifiritics,  r.on-commissioncd  officers  in  theniilitar}'  rtiid  naval  serv- 
ice of  the  Confederate  States  a.nd  of  this  Slaio,  l-oino;  citl^^'Mis  or 
residents  of  tlic  State  of  Louisiana. 

Sec.  1.  Bcif  cnaded  h/  ike  Sevatc  and  House  of  Jlqjnseniaiivcs  of  ike 
Siale  of  Louisiana,  in  General  Assemhhi  convened;  That  tiie  families 
of  all  the  officers,  non-coniiliissioncd  officers  and  privates  in  Iho 
land  service  and  the  marines  in  the  naval  service  of  tiio  Confode-> 
rate  Stales  or  of  this  State,  who  have  or  may  hereafter  enter  said 
Rcrvice  as  Volunteers,  Conscripts  or  Militia-men,  and  \yho  at  the 
time  of  entering  said  service,  were  citizens  and  residents  of  the 
State  of  Louisiana,  who  arc  in  necessitous  circumstances,  or  may 
lieteafter  become  so,  shall  bo  entitled  to  demand  and  receive  from 
tiic  Treasury  of  the  State  the  following  sums,  viz  :  For  the  wile, 
ten  dollars  per  month,  and  each  child  under  twelve  years  of  age, 
five  dollars  and  the  like  sum  of  ten  dollars  per  month  for  the  father 
and  mother,  and  live  dollars  per  month  for  each  brother  and  sister 
under  the  age  of  twelve  years,  who  are  members  of  his  family,  do- 
i)cndent  on  such  officer,  ?5oldier  or  marine,  for  a  support  and  unable 
to  support  himself  or  herself. 

Sec  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  tyc.  That  tlio  Police  Jury  of  each 
parish  shall  immediately  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  ascertain 
the  number  of  officers,  soldiers,  iion-commissioned  officers  and  ma^N 
rincs  that  have  entered  or  may  hereafter  enter  the  military  or  na- 
val service  as  aforesaid  from  such  parish,  whose  families  are  in  ne- 
cessitous circumstances,  together  with  their  names,  ages  and  sexes, 
and  tlie  relation  they  bear  to  said  soldier,  officer,  non-commissioned 
officer  '  or  marine  as  aforesaid,  as  contemplated  hj  the  foregoing 
Section,  and  from  time  to  time  transmit  lists  thereof  to  the  Auditor 
of  Public  Accounts  :  Provided,  that  persons  entitled  to  the  benelifc 
of  this  Act,  residing  in  parishes  occupied  or  held  by  the  forces  of 
the  enemy,  shall  have  the  right  to  draw  the  amount  they  may  be 
entitled  to  receive,  on  the  warrant  of  the  President  of  ihe  Police 
Jury  in  an  adjoining  parish  :  Provided  further,  that  the  Parochial 
authorities  within  Avhich  such  persons  reside,  cannot  act  in  consC'- 
qucnco  of  the  presence  of  the  enemy,  and  that  the  families  of  the 
officers,  soldiers,  nor.i-conimissioned  officers  and  mariiica  aforesaid, 
who  by  reason  of  having  been  detained  within  the  enemy's  lines, 
or  who  have  been  unable  to  escape  therefrom,  and  shall  not  bo  able 
1o  report  at  once  to  the  authorities  of  a  neighhoring  parish,  shall 
also  be  entitled  to  receive  the  same  they  would  have  been  entitled 
to,  had  they  been  outside  of  the  enemy's  lines  from  the  date  of  the 
passage  of  tiiis  Act,  as  soojs  as  they  are  able  to  report. 

Sko.  3.  Be  it  fitrther  enacted,  ^-c.  That  .after  said  list  or  lists  are 
Tiiade  out,  they  shall  be  carcfTilly  copied  and  recorded  by  the  clerk 
of  the  Police  Jury  in  each  parish,  in  a  v^'oll  bound  book,  to  be  kept 
by  hira  for  that  purpose  ;  and  the   Presidents  of  the  Police  Juries 


.VOTES   HE   18C2.  35 

No  n ]  ACTE 

rniirvoyant  an  iVHiticn  dco  families  (VofTicicrp,  sonfl-onicicra,  soUlats 
ct  niarins,  citoyoiia  ou  vcsidciits  do  I'Etat  do  la  Louisianc  vX 
niaiiitcnant  cng'agoa  au  service  dc  tcrre  ou  do  mcr  dcs  Etats-' 
ConfddeiJs. 

Sec.  1.  Tl  csl  (hr.n'lr  par  k  Srnnf,  el  la  Chavibre  dcs  Ji^prdscnlanfs  dc 
i'1-ll.at  dc  hi  Louidane,  rcunis  en  Asscmhlcc  Gcndralc;  tinclcs  familloH 
(le  tons  U;s  ofliciois,  sous-oflicieis,  soldatsou  niarins  (]iii  sont  ciitrtks 
on  (jiii  oiiUx-roiit  au  service  dcs  Etats-Confiidcres  ou  de  cet  Ela(, 
(■laut  ciloyoiis  on  rcvsidciits  du  dit  Etat,  a  I'tipoque  de  Icnr  cniolemcnt, 
anronl  dioit,  si  clles  sunt  on  touibent  dans  dcs  circonstanccs  noces- 
sileuses,  de  demander  ct  reccvoir  de  Ja  trcsorcric  d'Etat,  Ics  soinmca 
suivantes  :  I'our  la  fenunc,  dix  piastres  par  mois,  ct  pour  cliaquo 
enfant  de  nioins  dc  donze  ans,  cin<|  piastres  ;  ct  nnc  parcillc  som- 
nie  dc  dix  piastres  par  mois  pour  le  pere  ct  la  mere,  ct  cinq  piastres 
par  mois  ponr  cliaquc  frerc  ct  soeur  dc  moins  de  douzc  ans,  mcm- 
brcs  de  sa  fainille,  incapablcs  dc  8c  supporter  enx-mcmcs,  ct  reccvant 
Icur  soutien  dndit  oflicier,  sousoflicicr,  soldat,  ou  marin. 

Sec.  2.  Ilesl.de  phis  dccrclc,  i]-c.,  Qu'a  partir  du  jour  dc  I'adop-. 
tion  dc  cct  actc,  le  juri  dc  police  dresscra  immodiatcment  nn  role 
de  tons  les  ofiieiers,  sons  ofllcicrs,  soldats  ct  marins,  aclncUcment 
on  ]ilns  tard  au  service  naval  ct  militairo,  appartenant  a  laditc 
paroissc,  ct  dont  les  families  so  trouvcnt  dans  des  circoustances 
nccessitcnscs,  avec  les  noms,  I'ac^o,  le  scxc  ct  le  dcgrii  do  parentt'; 
qui  lc3  lie  auxdits  uHicicrs,  sous-ofliciers,  soldats  on  niarins  ainsi 
qu'il  est  prcscrit  on  la  precudcnte  section,  ct  dc  temps  a  autre  en 
Icra  parvenir  les  listos  a  I'auditcur  dcs  comptes  publics.  II  est 
cntendu  toutcfois  que  les  pcrsonnes  ayant  droit  aux  dispositions  dc 
cet  actc, qui  resident  aux  endroits  occupes  ou  en  possession  do 
I'cnuemi,  pourront  etre  payees  sur  le  mandat  du  president  du  juri 
d(!  police  de  la  paroissc  la  plus  voisinc.  Et  dc  plus,  si  les  antorites 
des  paroisscs  dans  Icsquellcs  resident  tclles  pcrsonnes,  nc  pen- 
vent  agir  en  raison  de  la  presence  dc  Pcunemi,  les  families  d'offi- 
cicrs,  sous-ofiiciers,  soldats  ou  marins,  dtant  cllcs-memes  detcnnci? 
dans  les  lignes  cnnemics  ou  incapablcs  de  s'en  ecliappcr  ponr  so 
pn-scntcr  immiidiatcnient  aux  antorites  d'une  paroisse  voisinc,  les 
dites  families  n'en  scraicnt  pas  moins  autorisees  ;\  reccvoir  les 
sorames  auxquellcs  ellcs  auraient  droit  en  cas  de  libcrtt', 
ct  CO,  a  partir  dc  la  date  dc  la  passation  do  cct  actc  ct  aussitot 
qn'cUes  scront  en  (;tat  de  se  presenter. 

Sec.  3.  II  esi  dc  plus  dccrc/c,  i^-c,  Qu'aussitot  que  Icsdits  u'lles 
auront  ele  dresses,  ils  scront  copies  avec  soin,  et  cnreg-istres  au 
bureau  du  grcflier  du  juri  do  police  de  cliaquo  paroissc,  dans  nn 
livrc  bien  relic;  et  conscrvu  par  lui  dans  cc  but  ;  et  les  presidents 
dcs  juris  do  police  dcs  paroisscs  ci  dcssus  dejsiguees  euicllroiit  leur 

CO 


3(5  ACTS  OF  1862. 

of  the  parishes  aforesaid  shall  issue  their  warrants  on  the  Auditor 
of  Public  Accounts  for  such  sums  as  may  be  due  to  the  families  as 
aforesaid,  for  three  months  in  advance,  in  favor  of  the  parish  Treas- 
urer, and  tliereupon,  the  Auditor  shall  issue  his  warrant  upon  the 
State  Treasurer  for  the  full  amount. 

Sec.  i.  Be  it  fwrikcr  cnaded,  ^-c,  That  the  Police  Jury  shall  re- 
quire of  the  Parish  Treasurer  a  bond  with  two  good  securities  in 
favor  of  the  State,  to  secure  the  proper  disbursement  of  the  funds 
Avhen  so  received,  a  certified  copy  of  which  shall  be  forwarded  to 
the  Auditor  of  Public  Accounts. 

Sec.  5.  Be  it  further  enacted,  ^-c,  That  the  funds  so  received 
from  the  State  Treasurer  shall  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  a  fund,  to 
be  called  "  The  Soldier's  Relief  Fund,"  and  paid  out  by  the  Parish 
Treasurer  on  the  warrant  of  the  President  of  the  Police  Jury. 

Sec.  G.  Be  it  further  enacted,  S^-c,  That  the  allowance  to  the  fami- 
lies as  aforesaid,  shall  continue  to  be  paid  to  them,  in  the  manner 
hereinbefore  provided,  until  the  war  between  the  Confederate 
States  and  the  United  States  is  over,  and  that  this  Act  shall  be  so 
construed  as  to  apply  to  the  families  of  such  oflicers,  non-commis- 
sioned officers,  soldiers  and  marines  as  have  died  iu  the  service  of 
the  Confederate  States  or  of  this  State. 

Sec.  T.  Be  it  further  enacted  Sfc,  That  the  sum  of  Five  Million 
Dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  for  the  purpose  of 
carryiuf?  out  the  provisions  of  this  Act. 

[Signed.]  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  cx-officio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  January  3d,  1863. 

[Signed.]  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana. 
A  true  copy, 

P.  D.  Hardy,  Secretary  of  State. 


No.  42.]  AN  ACT 

To  Organize  the  Militia  for  the  Defence  of  the  State. 

Sec.  1  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
State  of  Louisiana,  in  General  Assemhly  convened;  That  the  militia 
of  the  State  of  Louisiana  shall  be  composed  of  all  the  free  v/hite 
males  capable  of  bearing  arms,  between  the  ages  of  seventeen  and 
fifty,  not  actually  in  the  civil  or  military  service  of  the  Confederate 
States,  whether  citizens  of  the  State  or  residents  thereof,  tempora- 
rily or  permanently,  who  shall  be  liable  to  the  performance  of  mil- 
itary duty,  unless  specially  exempted  by  this  act. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  Sfc,  That  the  following  persons  shall 
be  exempt  from  militia  service  :  Judges  of  the  Supreme  and  Dis- 
trict Courts,  Auditor  of  Public  Accounts,  State  Treasurer,  Attorney 
General,  Secretary  of  State,  Superintendent   of  Public  Education, 

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ACTES    DE    1802.  36 

mandat  snr  I'auditcur  dcs  comptes  publics,  trois  mois  a  I'avancc,  a 
I'ordrc  du  trdsorier  de  paroisse,  ponr  telles  soinmes  qui  pourioiit 
etre  dues  aiixdites  families  ;  at  J'auditeur,  snr  ce,  limettia  son  man- 
dat sur  le  trcisorier  de  I'Etat  ponr  la  sorame  totale. 

Sec.  4.  II  est  de  plus  (Iicr{l6,  &c.,  Que  les  juris  de  police  cxig-e- 
ront  des  trcsoriers  de  paroisse  nn  contionncment  garanti  par  dt'vx 
personnes  soivables,  on  favcnr  de  I'Elat,  ponr  assuror  leiuploi  fi- 
dole  dcs  sorames  qu'ils  auront  reones  corame  ci-dossus,  et  copie  ccr- 
tifiee  de  ce  cautionneaient  sera  transraise  a  I'auditeur  des  comptes 
publics. 

Sec.  5.  1/  esi  de  plus  dccrC/d,  ^-c.  Que  les  sommes  ainsi  rc^ucs  da 
tresorier  d'Etat  constitueront  un  fonds  special  ddsignd  comme  :  "  La 
caisse  dcs  socours  militaires,"  et  cllcs  scront  ddboursoes  en  vertu 
des  certificats  sij^nus  du  pn-sidont  du  juri  do  police. 

Sec  G.  II  est  dc  pins  dtcrc/t,  ^-c,  Que  les  secours  alloues  paries 
presentes  anx  families  do  niilitaires,  continueront  a  leur  etre  payos 
de  la  manii're  ci-dcssus  designee,  pendant  la  duree  de  la  gueVrc 
entre  les  Etats-Unis  et  les  Elats-Coufederc's  ;  et  les  dispositions  do 
cet  acte  s'appliqueront  t'galemcnt  aux  families  d'officiere,  sous-> 
oiBciers,  soldats  et  marins  qui  sont  deja  morts  au  service  des  Etats 
Confuderes  on  de  cet  Efat. 

Sec.  1.  II  esi  de  plus  decrc/^,  ^-c,  Que  la  somnie  dc  cinq  millions 
de  piastres  est  affectoe  a  I'exocution  des  dispositions  de  la  prciseatc 
loi. 

(Signe.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  Cliambre  des  Rcprcscntants. 
HENRY  M.  HYAiMS, 
Licutenant>Oouverneur  et  cx-officio  President  du  Sooat. 
Approuve  le  3  Janvier,  1863. 

(Signe.)  TEO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouvcrncur  de  FEtat  de  la  Louisianc. 
Pour  copie  conforme, 
P.  D.  Hardy, 
Secretaire  d'Etat. 

No.  42.]  ACTE 

Pourvoyant  a  rorganisation  de  la  milice  pour  la  defense  de  PEtat. 

Sec.  1 .  II  est  decrete  par  k  Scnat  et  la  Chambre  des  Bqvescntanls 
de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane  rcuuis  en  Assemblcx  Gene  rale;  (Inc  \a.  milice 
de  I'Etat  se  composera  de  tons  les  bommes  libres  et  blancs,  citoy> 
ens  ou  residents  tcmporaires  ou  permanents  de  cet  Etat,  de  dix- 
Bept  a  cinquante  ans,  capables  de  porter  les  amies  et  non-actuelle- 
ment  au  service  civil  ou  militaire  des  Etats-Confcdcrcs,  lesquels 
citoyens  ou  residents  seront  sujets  au  service  militaire,  sauf  lea 
exemptions  etablies  ci-aprcs. 

Sec  2.  II  est  dc  plus  dccrclc,  cf-c,  Que  les  personnes  suivantea 
seront  exemptees  du  service  dans  la  milice  ;  les  juges  dc  la  cour 
supreme,  les  juges  dcs  cours  dc  districts,  I'auditcur  dcs  comptes 
publics,  Ic  tresorier  d'Etat,  I'avocat  general,  Ic  secretaire  d'Etat,  lo 

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Members  of  tlio  General  Assembl}',  Commissioners  of  the  Land  0(- 
lico,  Chief  Clerk  of  tlie  Lund  Office,  Secretary  and  Assistant  Secre- 
tary of  the  Senate,  Chief  Clerk  and  Assistant  Clerk  of  the  IIuiiso 
of  Ivepresentatives,  Serp^eants  at  Arms  of  the  House  of  Ivoprcsent- 
titives  and  Senate,  Sheriffs,  Clerks  of  Courts,  Parish  Recorders,  li- 
censed Physicians  in  actual  practice  for  seven  j'ears,  one  Justice  of 
the  Peace  in  each  parish,  residing  at  the  seat  of  justice,  and  if 
more  than  one  Justice  of  tiio  Peace  resides  at  the  seat  of  justice, 
then  the  oldest  man  among- them  :  Engineers  of  railroads  in  actual 
empl()\'ment,  and  a  Tract  Master  for  every  fifteen  miles  of  road,  the 
Professors  and  students  novv'  members  of  the  Louisiana  State  Semi- 
nary and  Military  Academy  of  Alexandria,  and  all  others  unable  by 
physical  or  mental  disability  upon  a  certificate  from  the  Surge(jn 
of  the  Regiment  or  Battalion,  tlie  Chief  Clerk  in  the  Auditor  and 
Treasurer's  office  of  the  State  of  Louisiana,  and  all  j\Iinisters  of 
the  Gospel  and  Priests  who  are  now  and  have  been  in  the  active 
discharge  of  ministerial  duties  for  seven  years  previous  to  the  pas- 
sage of  this  act. 

Sr-c.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  ^-c.,  That  no  exemption  from  serv> 
ice  in  the  armies  of  the  Confederate  States,  shall  entitle  any  person 
to  claim  exemption  from  military  service  in  this  State. 

Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted,  Sfc,  That  all  persons  claiming 
exemption  from  military  duty  by  virtue  of  the  59th  article  of  the 
State  Constitution,  shall  pay  one  thousand  dollars  in  lieu  of  person- 
al service. 

Sec.  5.  Beit  further  enacted,  ^-c,  That  the  Governor,  Major  Genes 
ral  and  the  Brigadiers  Generals  provided  for  in  the  Bill  to  raise  an 
army  for  the  defence  of  the  State  be,  and  they  are  hereby  created  a 
Military  Board,  who  shall  proceed  forthwith  to  organize  the  State 
armj',  whether  militia  or  volunteers. 

Sec.  G.  Be  it  further  enacted,  Sj-c,  That  the  Staff  of  the  Cora^ 
niandcr-in-chief,  which  shall  be  appointed  by  himself,  shall  consist 
of  one  Adjutant  General,  vv-ith  tlie  rank  of  lirigadier  General,  one 
Assistant  xYdjutajit  General,  with  llie  rank  of  Captain,  one  Quarter 
Master  General,  who  shall  act  as  Commissary  General  and  Pay- 
master General,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel,  one  Assistant  Quarter 
Master,  with  the  rank  of  first  Lieutenant,  one  Cliief  Engineer,  with 
the  rank  of  Mnjor,  one  Surgeon  General,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel, 
and  one  Aid-dc-camp,  except  when  in  the  field,  and  then  not  more 
than  four  with  the  rank  of  Major. 

Sec.  T.  Be  it  further  enacted,  c]-c.,  That  it  vshall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Governor  or  Commander-in-chief,  immediately  after  the  passage  of 
this  act,  to  appoint  one  person  in  each  parish  subject  to  military 
duty,  who  shall  forthwitli  proceed  to  enroll  all  persons  found  in  his 
parish  liable  to  military  duty  nnder  this  act  ;  and  the  person  so 
appointed  shall  have  power  and  authority  to  detail  a  sunicient  num- 
ber of  men  to  aid  them  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties,  Tiie  cu" 
lollment  of  such  }iersons  and  the  returns  tliereof  lo  be  made  in  the 
aianuor  and  form  to  be  prescribed  by  the  Military  Board. 


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ACTES  DE   1802.  3T 

smiiitctidaut  dos  (-coles  piibliqucs,  les  nicnibrcs  dc  I'i'.sscmbli'C  gi'- 
HiJriilc,  Ics  conunissaires  du  bureau  des  terrcs,  le  coniinis  en  chci'du 
l.'urcau  des  terrcs,  le  secretaire  ct  I'assistant  secretaire  du  seuut,  Ic 
commis  en  chef  et  I'assistant  cttminis  de  la  cliarabre  des  represcn-* 
t-ants,  le  sergeut  d'armes  de  la  cliambre  des  reprcsentants,  ct  du 
sciuat,  IcsslH-iifs,  les  greffiers  decours,  les  recorders  de  paroisscs,  les 
medecins  liceuiccs,  et  cxereunt  leurs  professions  depuis  sept  ans, 
nn  juge  dc  paix  pour  chaque  paroisse  residaut  an  clief-licu,  et  lors- 
qu'il  y  aura  deux  juges  de  paix  nisidant  an  clicf-lieu,  alors,  le  plus 
:lg(j  des  deux  sera  exempte,  les  ingfinieurs  de  rail-roads  actucllement 
employes,  un  "tract-master"  pour  chaque  quinze  millos  de  rail-rood, 
les  professeurs  et  les  cloves  faisant  partie  presenteraent  de  Tc'colo 
scientifique  et  militairc  de  I'Etat,  et  toutcs  persouues  impropres  au 
service,  on  raison  d'iulirmites  constatces  par  certificats  du  chirurgi-n 
du  regiment  ou  du  bataiilon,  les  ministres  di;  I'Evangile  qui  sont 
maiuteuant  et  qui  out  etc  dans  I'exercice  dc  leurs  fonctions  pcndaiit 
les  sept  annees  prfjciidentes. 

Sec.  3.  11  est  dc  jilu.s  (UcrHc,  S^-c.,  Que  nul  no  pourra  rcclamcr  d'etre 
cxemptti  sous  cet  acie,  en  vertu  d'line  exemption  qu'il  aurait  obteuuo 
du  service  militaire  dc  la  Confederation. 

Sec.  4.  II  est  4e  plm  d^tr^l6,  S^'c,  Quo  les  porsonnes  rOclaniant  lo 
droit  d'exemption  en  vertu  de  I'article  50  de  la  Constitution  dc 
I'Etat,  paicrtMit  la  sommc  de  mille  piastres  comuie  compensation  do 
leurs  services  personnels.  * 

Sec.  5.  //  est  dc  fins  d^crtl^,  4"'"-i  Q*-"^  ^^  j^ouverncur  et  le  major^ 
general  et  les  brigadiers-geiieraux,  dont  il  est  parie  dans  I'acto 
intitule:  "  Acte  pour  lever  une  armee  pour  la  defense  de  I'Etat," 
fovmeront  un  bureau  militaire  ct  proeederont  immediatement  a  'i'or-» 
ganisation  de  I'armee  de  I'Etat,  des  milicieus  et  des  volontaires. 

Sec.  6.  //  est  dc  yths  dccrdt,  i]-c.,  Que  I'etat-major  du  commjindant- 
CD^clief,  qui  sera  nomme  par  lui,  se  composera  d'un  adjudant-giJnu- 
ral,  dont  le  rang  sera  celui  de  brigadier-general;  nn  aide  adjudant-' 
general,  qui  aura  le  rang  de  capitaiue;  un  quart"er-niaitre-g(hieral, 
qui  agira  eommo  commissairc  et  payeur-general,  et  dont  le  rang 
sera  celui  de  colonel;  un  assistant-quartier-maitre,  qui  aura  rang  do 
premier-lieutenant;  un  chof-du-genie,  qui  aiua  rang  de  major;  un 
chirurgieu'^eu-chef,  dont  le  rang  sera  celui  dc  colonel,  ct  d'uu 
aide-de-camp.  Lorsque  le  coramandant-cn-cbcf  sera  en  campagne, 
il  pourra  uommer  d'autres  aides-de-camp,  dont  le  nombre  nc  diipas- 
Bcra  pas  quatre,  et  dont  le  rang  sera  celui  de  major. 

Sec  1.  U  est  dc  plus  d^crCte,  kc,  Qu'il  sera  du  devoir  du  gouver~ 
ncur  ou  connnandautenchef,  de  nomracr  immediatement  apres  I'a* 
doption  de  cet  acte,  une  personne  dans  chaque  paroisse,  sujclte  au 
'.service  militaire,  qui  sera  chargee  d'cnrolcr  toiitcs  les  porsonnes 
sujcttes  au  service  militaire  dans  sa  paroisse.  La  personne  ainsi 
nommee  aura  le  droit  de  rcquerir  un  nombre  sufHsant  d'hommea 
pour  I'aider  dans  la  dechargc  dc  ses  fonctions.  Et  ledit  cnrulement 
-era  fait  dc  la  mauiere  qui  sera  prescritc  par  lo  susdit  conseil  mili' 
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33  ACTS  OF  1SG2. 

Sect.  8.  Be  ii  further  enacted,  S^-c,  That  tlic  Gonoral  Officers 
shall  have  the  right  of  appointing-  their  own  stafi'  officers,  whose 
rack  and  pay  shall  be  the  same  as  that  of  staff  oflScers  iu  the  Con- 
federate service  of  like  grades. 

Sect.  9.  Be  it  further  enacted,  S^-c,  That  persons  enrolled  shall  be 
organized  into  companies  of  infantry.  A  company  shall  be  com- 
posed of  not  less  than  sixty-four  nor  more  than  one  hundred  pri- 
vates, and  those  from  the  same  neii^^hborhood  sliall  be  assigned  by 
the  Enrolling  oflicers  as  far  as  practicable  to  the  same  company. 

Skc.  10.  Beit  further  enacted,  4-c.,  That  the  commissioned  officers 
of  each  company  shall  be,  one  Captain,  one  first  Lieutenant,  one 
2d  Lieutenant  and  one  Junior  2d  Lieutenant.  The  commissioned 
officers  shall  be  elected  by  the  men,  and  the  non-commissioned  offi- 
cers shall  be  appointed  by  their  respective  Captains.  The  non- 
commissioned ofiiGers  shall  be  five  Sergeants  and  four  Corporals. 

Sec.  11.  Beit  further  enacted,  Sfc,  That  the  elections  and  returns 
thereof  shall  be  made  according  to  rules  to  be  established  by  the 
Military  Board  ;  but  before  said  rules  are  established,  the  men 
may  choose  their  own  officers  in  any  manner  by  which  their  choice 
may  be  fairly  manifested,  and  the  returns  of  such  choice  or  elec- 
tion shall  be  immediately  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant  General,  who 
shall  forthwith  issue  the  necessary  commissions. 

Sec.  12.  Be  it  further  enacted,  Sj-c.,  That  the  Quarter  Masters  and 
all  other  officers  to  nvhom  it  may  be  necessary  that  money  should 
be  entrusted,  shall  be  required  to  give  such  bond  and  security  for 
the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties  as  may  be  required  by  the 
Governor. 

Sec.  13.  Be  it  further  enacted,  Sfc,  That  the  Military  Board  may 
at  any  time  form  one  or  more  companies  of  artillery  or  cavalry  by 
the  consolidation  or  detachment  of  infantry  companies,  the  organ- 
ization of  which  shall  be  the  samej  as  that  provided  by  the 
laws  of  Artillery  and  Cavalry  of  the  Confederate  States,  the  com- 
missioned officers  of  which  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Governor. 

Sec.  14.  Beit  further  enacted,  Sfc,  That  the  Governor  of  the  State, 
■when  in  the  field,  shall  assign  the  several  Brigadiers  General  to 
duty,  and  in  case  of  his  absence  from  the  field  that  duty  shall  de- 
volve upon  the  Major  General. 

Sec  15.  Be  it  further  enacted,  ^x.,  That  whenever  in  the  judg- 
ment of  the  Commander-in-Chief  it  shall  become  necessary  to  form 
Battalions,  Regiments  or  Brigades,  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  consoli- 
date the  companies  for  that  purpose,  taking  care  to  keep  together 
as  far  as  practicable,  companies  from  the  same  and  adjoining  par- 
ishes, and  such  organizations  shall  be  made  iu  the  same  manner  as 
provided  by  the  laws  of  the  Confederate  States,  except  that  the 
Quartermasters  shall  act  as  Commissaries  and  Paymasters. 

Sec.  16.  Be  it  further  enacted,  &c,,  That  when  the  Companies  are 
consolidated  into  Battalions  or  Regiments,  the  commissioned  officers 
shall  elect  the  field  officers,  and  the  Colonels  or  commanding  offi- 
cers of  each  Regiment,  shall  appoint  one  Quartermaster  with  the 
rank  of  Captain,  one  Adjutant   with  the  rank  of  Ist   Lieutenant, 

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ACTEs  DC  1862.  38 

Sec.  8.  11  est  de  plus  ckcrC-id,  Sic,  Que  les  oIHciers  gi-neraux  auront 
le  droit  de  nomnicr  les  ofEciers  de  leur  (-lat-inajur  dont  le  rang-  et  la 
paie  setont  les  nx-mes  que  ceux  des  officicrs  de  mime  grade  dans 
le  service  coufedeie. 

Sec.  9  II  est  de  plus  dccr^'ft,  t^-c,  Que  les  personncs  enruk'es 
oomme  ci-dessus,  seront  organisees  en  compagnies  d'infauterie.  Une 
coiupaguic  sera  composde  de  pas  moins  de  soixante-^quatre  et  de 
pas  plus  de  cent  hoinnics.  Ceux  des  memes  voisinagcs  seront  an-, 
tiint  que  possible  incorponJs  dans  la  mcme  curapagnie  par  ledit 
ofllcier  d'enrolement 

Sec.  10.  11  est  de  plus  dicr6l^,  Sec,  Que  les  officicrs  commissionnes 
de  chaque  compagnio  seront  un  capitaine,  un  premier-lieutenant, 
nn  second-lieutenunt  et  un  sous-lieutenant,  qui  seront  elus  au  scru- 
tin,  ou  de  tout  autre  raaniere,  par  la  compagnie.  El  les  sous  officiera 
de  cliaque  compagnie  seront:  cinq  sergents  et  quatrc  caporaux  qui 
seront  noramds  par  le  capitain(>  de  la  compagnie. 

Sec.  U.  II  est  de  plus  d^crcL6,  (^-c.,,  Que  les  «iIections  sc  tiendront 
et  les  rapports  en  seront  faits  d'apres  les  regies  qui  seront  prescrites 
par  le  conseil  militaire.  Cependant,  jusqu'a  ce  que  lesdites  regies 
aient  6t<!  prescrites  par  ledit  conseil  militaire,.  cliaque  compagnie 
aura  le  droit  de  choisir  ses  officiers  de  la  maniere  qu'ellc  le  jugera 
convenable.  Les  procos-verbaux  des  dites  elections  seront  envoyes 
a  I'adjutant-geiuiral,  dont  le  devoir  sera  d'envoj'er  immediatement 
les  brevets  des  ofliciers  ainsi  t^lus. 

Sec  12.  11  est  de  plus  d^cr6lc,  if-f.,  Quo  les  quartier-niaitres,  on 
tons  autres  officiers  a  qui  il  sera  ndcessaire  de  confier  une  soramo 
d'avgent  quclconque,  seront  requis  de  funrnir  un  cautionnemeut 
Kufiisanta  la  satisfaction  du  giuiverneur,  pour  assurer  la  decharge 
fidele  de  leurs  devoirs. 

Seo.  13.  II  est  de  plus  d/'crcfi:,  L^-c,  Que  le  conseil  militaire,  lors- 
qu'il  le  j<igera  convenable,  furmera  une  on  plusieurs  compagnies 
cVarti'lerie  on  de  cavalorie,  dont  leo  liommes  seront  pri.s  dans  une 
ou  plusieurs  des  compagnies  d'infauterie.  Ces  compagnies  d'artil- 
Icrie  ou  de  cavalerie  seront  organisces  d'apres  les  lois  et  idglemeuts 
qui  regissent  les  compagnies  de  la  memo  arme  au  service  confedure. 

Sec  14.  II  est  de  plus  d^cr{-l^,  ^-c,  Que  le  gouverneur,  quand  il 
sera  en  canipague,  assignera  un  poste  a  chacun  des  brigadiers- 
generaux;  el  en  cas  de  son  absence,  ce  sera  uu  majurgc;n«iral  qui 
assignera  aux  dits  brigadiers-generaux  les  posies  comme  ci-dessus. 

Sec.  15.  II  est  de  plus  dt'crelc,  4*^.,  Lorsque  le  commandant  jugera 
necessaire  de  former  des  bataillons,  regiments  ou  brigades,  il  sera 
do  son  devoir  de  concentrer  ;\  cot  effet  le  norabre  de  compagnies 
necessaires;  ayant  soiu  de  cLoisir  dans  ce  but,  autant  que  faire  sc 
pourra,  les  compagnies  de  la  memo  paroisse,  et  en  cas  d'insuflisance 
ou  d'exc(idant,  de  la  paroisse  la  plus  voisinc.  Et  lesdits  corps 
seront  formiJs  et  organises  d'apies  la  mauicre  prescrite  par  les  lois 
de  la  Confederation,  cxcepte  que  les  quartier-maitres  agiront  comme 
commissaires  et  payeurs. 

Sec  16.  II  est  de  plus  d&j-tHtc,  S)-r.,  Que  lorsque  lesdites  compa- 
gnies  seront   aiusi   organisces  en  baluillona    ou    regiments,  lours 


3'.i  ACTS  OF  18G2. 

one  Sergeant  Major,  one  Quartermaster  Servant,  one  Surgeon  with 
the  rank  of  Major,  one  Assistant  Surgeon  witli  the  rank  of  Captain, 
and  one  Chaplain  with  the  rank  of  Captain. 

Sec.  n.  Beit  further  enacted,  &c.,  That  the  Commander-in--Chiof 
sliall  at  any  time  remove  the  Surgeon  General  from  office  Avhenever 
a  majority  of  his  stall'  shall  for  good  reasons  petition  for  his  remo- 
val ;  and  the  Lieutenant  Colonels  and  Colonels  of  Battalions  and 
Kegiments  shall  at  any  time  remove  from  ofSce  the  Surgeons  or 
Assistant  Surgeons  of  tlieir  respective  Battalions  or  Regiments 
whenever  a  ranjority  of  the  commissioned  ofiicers  of  their  Battalion 
or  Regiment  shall  tor  good  reasons  petition  for  his  or  their  removal, 
and  others  shall  be  appointed  in  their  place  in  the  manner  pointed 
out  iu  the  fourth  and  twelfth  sections  of  this  act. 

Sec.  18.  Be  it  further  enacted,  &c.,  That  the  staff  officers  of  tie 
Commander-in-Chief  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same  pay  and  allow- 
ances as  officers  of  the  like  grade  in  the  armies  of  the  Confederate 
States.  All  other  officers  and  men  shall  be  paid  only  when  ordered 
into  active  se  vice  by  the  Commander-in-Chief,  or  when  called  out 
without  hisforders  in  cases  of  sudden  and  urgent  dangers,  in  v/hich 
cases  Generals,  field  and  company  officers  are  hereby  authorized 
to  call  out  their  respective  commands.  Their  pay  and  allowances 
shall  be  such  as  i's  provided  by  lav/  for  like  grades  in  the  service 
of  the  Confederate  States. 

Sec.  19.  Be  it  further  enacted,  &e.,  That  the  compensation  of  En- 
rolling Officers  while  so  employed  shall  not  exceed  one  hmidred 
and  fifty  dollars  in  full  for  all  allowances,  and  in  case  of  delay  or 
neglect  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties,  the  Commander-in-Chief 
shall  withhold  all,  or  such  portion  of  said  amount  as  in  his  discre- 
tion may  seem  proper  ;  provided  he  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not 
less  than  one  hundred  dollars,  or  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  in 
the  event  of  failure  to  perform  the  duties  herein  empowered,  to  be 
assessed  by  a  Court  of  Assessjaent  to  be  appointed  by  the  Com- 
njander-in-Chief. 

Sec.  20.  Be  it  further  enacted,  ^-c,  That  there  shall  be  a  Major 
General,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Governor,  by  and  with  the 
advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  Avho  shall  have  command  of  the 
forces  of  the  State  ;  and  in  case  of  vacancy  by  death,  resignation, 
refusal  to  accept,  the  Governor  shall  appoint  his  successor,  subject 
to  the  ratification  of  the  Senate. 

Sec.  21.  Be  it  further  enacted,  (^-c,  That  the  regulations  of  the 
army,  and  the  rules  and  articles  of  War  as  adopted  by  the  Confed- 
erate States,  shall  apply  to  all  persons  enrolled  and  ordered  into 
service  under  this  Act,  and  for  all  offences  committed  by  such  per- 
sons after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  they  shall  be  tried,  and  if  found 
guilty,  be  punished  in  the  same  manner  as  is  provided  by  the  re- 
gulatio'-s  of  the  Army  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  by  the  rules 
and  articles  of  War  for  officers  and  men  in  the  Army  of  the  Confed- 
erate States. 

gEC.  22.  Be  If  further  enacted,   ,[c.  That   the  Keepers  of  all  Fcr- 


ACTES  Dr-   1862.  30 

olTlciprR  coinmissionnc's  cliront  les  officiers  supcrieiir.s,  ct  Ic  colonel 
oil  I'onicier  couiiaatulant  dans  cli:ujue  i(,'g"iiaeiit,  nommora  un  (juar- 
tier-maitrc  qui  aura  rang  de  capitaine,  un  adjiidant  qui  aura  rang 
do  premier  limitenant,  uu  ndjudant  sous  ufficier,  un  sergcnt  (piartier- 
maitre,  .un  cliirurgien-niajor,  un  chirurgieu  aidc-raaj(jr,  et  un  aumu- 
uicr  qui  aura  rang  do  capitaine. 

Sec.  17.  11  est  de  jplus  deaCt^,  t^-c,  Quo  le  commandant  cn-clicf 
destituera  le  cliirurglcn  eu  chef,  lorsque  la  demaude  lui  eo  sera  failo 
par  (icrit,  appuyee  de  bonnes  ct  valides  raisons,  par  le.s  ofiiciers  do 
Bon  etat-major.  Les  lieutenant-colonels  ct  colonels  de  bataillons 
ct  regiments  destitucront  le  cl)irurgien-maj(jr  le  chirurgien-aide- 
niajor,  lorsfjue  la  demaude  lent  en  aura  ete  faite  par  ecrit,  pour 
bonnes  et  valides  raisons,  par  la  majoritc;  des  officiers  commission-* 
lies  de  leur  bataillon  on  regiment;  ct  des  remplacants  leur  seront 
doniuis  selou  les  dispositions  dc  la  quatrieme  et  douzieiue  seclious 
de  cet  actc. 

Sec  18.  11  est  de.  plus  dtcr^l6,  tf-r.,  Que  les  ofBcicrs  de  Tetat-major 
du  commajulanten-clief  recevront  la  memo  paie  etles  niemes  rations 
que  les  ofiicier.'^  du  meme  grade  dans  rarmc'o  do  la  Confederation. 
Les  antres  officiers  et  les  simples  soldats  ne  recevront  de  paie  que 
lors(]u'iIs  auront  ele  appeles  au  service  actif  par  le  commandant- 
on-clief,  on  lorsqu'ils  seront  appeles  par  leurs  brigadiers-gem-raux, 
olTiciers  supi'rieurs,  ou  les  offieicrs  de  leurs  compagnies  qui  sont 
autorises  a  cet  (fTet,  par  ces  presentes,  en  cas  de  dan_5cr  imminent. 
Leur  paie  ct  leurs  rations,  en  ce  cas,  seront  les  niemes  que  celles 
accordees  par  les  lois  de  la  Confialeratiun. 

Sec.  19.  11  est  de  plus  dtcrctc,  S^-c,  Que  la  retribution  des  oflieiers 
d'enrulement,  pour  le  temps  qu'ils  cxercent  leurs  fonction8,n'excedera 
pas  la  sommo  de  cent  cinquante  piastres.  Et  au  cas  ou  ledit  offi- 
cier  d'enrulement  lu'gl'gcrait  de  remplir  sou  devoir,  le  commandant- 
en-elief  retiendra  ladilo  somme,  on  toutc  partie  de  ladite  sonirne 
qu'il  jugera  convcnable;  et  dans  le  cas  oil  ledit  ofBcier  d'enrulement 
niau(juerait  de  remplir  les  functions  qui  lui  sont  imposecs  par  cet 
acte,  il  sera  passible  d'luie  amende  qui  ne  sera  pas  moindre  quo 
cent  piastres  et  qui  n'execdera  pas  la  somme  de  cinq  cents  piastres; 
lafjuelle  amende  sera  determimie  par  nne  "  cour  d'assessement"  qui 
sera  nomtnee  ;\  cet  effet  par  le  conimandant>en-clief. 

Sec  20.  11  est  de  plus  d^crctt,  t^-c,  Qu'il  sera  nomme  par  le  gou- 
verneur,  avec  I'avis  et  le  consentement  du  p<;nat,  un  major-general 
qui  aura  le  commaudcment  des  troupes  de  I'Elat;  et  quand  ce  posto 
viendra  :i  vaquer  pour  nne  cause  quelconque,  le  remplacement  du 
litulaire  decode  ou  demissionnaire  sera  defere  au  gouverueur,  dont 
le  clioix  devra  etre  ratifie  par  le  senat. 

Sf.c  21.  II  est  de  plus  dtcrctc,  S^-^c,  Que  les  reglements  et  le  code 
militaire  adoptes  par  la  Coufed(h-ation  pour  I'armee,  s'appliqueront 
aux  personnes  enrolees  ou  appeb'ies  au  service  en  vertu  de  cet  acte; 
ct  lorsqu'c.'lles  eommettront  des  crimes  et  ddlits  apres  ['adoption  de 
cet  acte,  elles  seront  jugees  et  punies  de  la  maniere  prescrite  par 
les  reglements  et  le  code  militaire  adopt<;s  par  la  Confederation  pour 
les  ofiiciers  et  les  soldats  de  I'armee  confiiduree. 

Sec.  ii2.  II  est  dc  plus  diaitc,  tjc.   Que  tons  batelicrs  commis  u  la 

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40  ACTS  OF  1802. 

rics  and  Toll  Bridges  alloAvcd  lo  collect  toll,  eitlier  under  the  au- 
tlidiit}'  of  the  Stiite  or  of  the  Farislios,  shall  pass  all  persons  on 
military  duty  under  the  provisions  ot  this  Act,  their  horses  and 
equipage  i'ree  of  toll. 

Sec.  23.  Be  it  further  enacfed,  ^-c,  That  any  general  officer  shall 
liave  the  power  to  detail  as  many  men  as  he  may  in  his  ju'dgnient 
deem  fit,  to  keep  and  maintain  a  proper  police  amongst  the  slaves 
situated  within  the  limits  of  his  military  district  ;  provided,  that 
nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  authorize  the  de- 
tail of  men  to  remain  permanently  on  plantations. 

Sec.  24.  Be  it  further  enacted,  t^-c,  That  the  Governor  is  heveby 
authorized  to  call  out  the  militia  of  the  State,  or  any  portion  there- 
of as  he  may  deem  necessary  and  proper,  for  a  time  not  to  exceed 
six  months,  or  for  as  much  longer  as  may  be  necessary,  and  if  he 
should  call  for  less  than  the  whole  number  liable  to  do  militia  duty 
in  any  parish,  that  the  number  required  shall  be  raised  from  the 
whole  number  liable  by  draft  of  companies  ;  provided,  that  troops 
raised  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  not  be  transferred  to 
the  Confederate  States. 

Sec.  25.  Be  it  further  enacted,  i^-p..  That  any  person  subject  to 
military  duty  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  who  shall  fail  to  re- 
port within  ten  days  after  public  notice,  given  by  the  Enrolling  of- 
ficer, within  the  limits  of  wliose  beat  or  jurisdiction  he  may  then 
find  himself,  shall  be  held  as  a  deserter,  and  by  a  Court  Martial  to 
be  ordered  by  the  General  commanding  the  District,  shall  be  tried 
and  punished,  if  found  guilty,  according  to  the  articles  of  war  pro- 
vided for  by  the  Government  of  the  Aamy  of  the  Confederate 
States. 

Sec.  26.  Be  it  further  enacted,  t^-c.  That  the  act  entitled  "  An  Act 
to  reorganize  the  Militia,  approved  January  23d,  18G2,  and  all 
other  Militia  Laws  of  this  State,  approved  previous  to  the  meeting 
of  tlie  General  Assembly,  at  its  present  session,  are  hereby  re-* 
pealed. 

Sec.  21.  Be  it  further  enacted,  i]-c.,  That  this  act  take  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

[Signed.]  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER,^ 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  ex-ufficio  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  January  3d,  1863. 

[Signed.]  THO.  0.  MOORE, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana. 
A  true  copy, 

P.  D.  Harpv,  Secretary  of  State. 

(Signed.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER,  _ 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 


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ACTE8    DE    18G2.  40 

cliai'f^c  dcs  bacs  antoviR(•^^  par  I'Etat,  ct  autrcs  cliarpis  Jos  ponta  dc 
pcage  antoriscs  par  I'Etat,  on  les  paroisses  de  recevoir  uu  droit  de 
ptjage,  seront  tenus  de  transporter  gratuitemcnt,  avec  leurs  clievaux 
et  efFets  d'cquipemcnt,  toutes  persemics  f'aisaiit  un  service  militaire 
qnelconque  en  vortu  des  disposition  de  cet  actc. 

Sec.  23.  11  est  dephis  cKxrtic,  ^-c,  Que  tf)ut  officier-gdneral  aura  droit 
d'cmploycr  lo  nombre  d'bomnies  qu'il  jugcra  conveuable  pour  main- 
tenir  uiie  police  Buflisantc  parmi  les  esclavos  de  son  district  mili- 
taire. JJien  cnUmUi,,  que  ccttc  section  ne  sera  paa  interprctoc  do 
niaiaicrc  a  autoriser  les  personnes  ainsi  employees  d'uue  manicro 
permanente  sur  les  habitations. 

Sec.  24 .  //  est  de  plus  dtcrelb,  &c.,  Que  le  gouverncnr  est  et  demeure, 
par  ces  pn'scntes,  autorisci  a  reqncrir  la  milice,  on  telle  partic  qu'il 
jugera  conveuable,  pour  nn  temps  qui  u'exfoviera  pas  trois  mois,  ou 
plus,  lorsqu'il  Ic  jugera  necessaire.  Et  dans  le  cas  ou  il  appellerait 
moins  qtie  le  norabic  total  dcs  personnes  snjettes  au  service  dc  la 
milice,  le  nombre  requis  sera  choisi  dans  le  nombre  total,  par  com- 
pagnic  ct  par  tirage  au  sort. 

Sec  25.  Jl  est  dc  pins  decrelt,  &c.,  Que  tontcs  personnes  snjettes  au 
service  militaire,  en  vortu  des  dispositions  de  cet  actc,  qui  nogligc- 
ront  de  se  presenter  ;\  I'officier  d'cnrolement,  dans  les  dix  jours  qui 
Buivront  I'avis  public  que  rofficier  d'cnrolement,  dans  la  jurisdic- 
tion ou  elles  sc  trouvoront  pour  le  moment,  leur  en  donnera,  scront 
traitees  commc  descrteurs,  et  jugoes  et  punies,  s'il  y  a  lion, 
par  une  cour  martiale  instituee  par  le  general  commandant  du  dis- 
trict, et  d'apr6s  le  code  militaire  adopte  par  le  Confederation  pour 
le  gouverncment  de  I'armee. 

Sec  26.  11  est  deplus  decrtlc,  Sec,  Que  I'actc  intitule:  "Acte  pour  re- 
organiser  la  milice,"  approuve  le  23  Janvier  1802,  ct  toutes  les  autrea 
lois  de  cet  Etat,  relatives  a  la  milice  et  approuvees  anturieurcment  .\ 
la  presente  session  de  I'Asscmblec  Generale,  sont  et  demcurent 
abrogees  par  ces  presentes. 

Sec.  27.  11  est  de  plus  dccrele,  &c.,  Que  cet  actc  aura  force  de  loi  ;\ 
partir  du  jour  de  son  adoption. 

(Signe.)  ADOLPHUS  OLIVIER, 

Orateur  de  la  Cliambre  des  Rcprescntauta. 

HENRY  M.  HYAMS, 
Lieutenant-'Gouverneur  et  cx-officio  President  du  Senat. 

Approuve  Ic  3  janvicr,  18G3. 

(Signe.)  TITO.  0.  MOORE, 

Gouvcrncur  de  I'Etat  dc  la  Louisianc. 
Pour  copic  conformo, 
P.  D.  Hardy, 
Secretaire  d'Etat. 


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IIST  OF  ACTS  m  JOIAT  RESflllTIO\S 

PASSED  BY  THE  LEGISLATURE  OF  LOUISIANA, 

EXTRA  SESSION  OF  1862. 

Prbtnulgalioii 

No.  1.  An  Act  to  appropriate  tlie  sum  of  twenfy-fivc  Ihciusand  dollars 
to  pay  the  expenses  of  the  extra  session  of  the  General  Assembly 
of  the  State  of  Louisiana,   approved  December  26t)i,    18G2 April  8. 

No.  2.  An   Act    relative    to  the  prescription  of  actions  of  debt  and 

damag-es,    approved  December  2Gth,  1862, " 

No.  3.  An  Act  to    authorize    the   Chief  Clcnk  of  the  Department  of 

Public  Lands  to  certify  documents,  approved  January  od,  1GG3,  " 

No.  4.    Joint    Resolution  relative  to  Military  [Bounty,  approved  De« 

ceniber  29tli,  1802, " " 

No.  5.  An  Act  to  authorize  Sam.  Clark  and  his  associates  to  obstruct 

the  channel  of  Red  River,  approved  December  29th,  18G2, " 

No  .  G.  An  Act  to  take  testimony  in  and  out  of  the  State  and  the 
Arn-;y  of  the  State  and  Confederate  States,  approved  December 
30th,   1SG2, - 

No.  7.  An  Act  to  prohibit  the  sale  of  property  in   this  State  within 

the  enemy's  lii.es  for  taxes,  approved  December  30tb,  1SG2, .  . .  " 

•No.  8.  An  Act  relative  to  property  confiscated  or  otheiAVise  dispos- 
ed of  by  the  authorities  of  the  L'nited  States  in  this  State,  Ap- 
provpj  December  30th,    18G2, 

No.  9.  An  Act  to  amend  the  5th  section  of  an  Act,  entitled  "  An 
Aot  relative  to  the  Practitioiicrs  of  Medicine,"  approved 
]^!arcli  IGth,    18G1.     Approved  December  oOlh,  lfc62, " 

No.  10.  An  Act  to  authorize  the  Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana 
to  press  into  the  service  of  the  State,  slaves  and  other  proper- 
1y,  for  the  public  defences  of  the  State  during'  the  present  war,  " 

Approved    Jauuary    1st,  1863,. , " 

No.  11.  An  Act  to  provide  a  summary  remedy  for  the  recovery  of 
the  possession  of  conQscated  propertv,  approved  January  2d, 
1863, - 

No.  12.  Joint  Resolution  relative  to  Brigadier   General  J.  Trudeail, 

approved  Januaiy  3d,  1861, " 

No.  13.  Joint  resolution  authorizing;  the  Governor  to  pay  to  Ursin- 
Jacob,  Sheriff  of  the  parish  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  the  sum  of 
six  hundred  dollars,  approved  January  3d,  1863, —  " 

Kg.  14.  An  Act  appropriating  four  thousand  dollars  to  the  Auditor 
and  Treasurer  for  the  employment  of  additional,  clerks  to  num- 
ber and  sign  Treasury  notes,   approved  Jauuary  Od,  1863, " 

No.  15.  An  Act  A)r  the  relief  of  the  New  Orleans  C(jast  and  La- 
fourche Transportation  Compan3',    approved  January  3d,    1863,  " 

No.  16.  An  Act  for  the  relief  of  Sheriffs  and  State  Tax  Collectors, 
approved  January  3d,  1863, 


a  LIST  OF  ACTS  AND  RESOLUTIONS  OF  18G2. 

Promulgation- 
No.  IT.  An  Act  to  suspend  the  collection  of  Municipal  Taxes  in  the 
city  of  New  Orleans,  during- tlie  continuance  of  the  present  war 
between  the  Confederate  States  and  the  United  States,  and  for 
six  months  thereafter,  approved  January  3d,  1863, April  B, 

No.  18.  An  Act  For  the  relief  of  Oramel  Hinckley  &  Co.,  and  ap- 
propriating two  thousand  six  hundred  and  eighty-eight  dollars, 
approvad    January    3d,    1863 " 

No.  19.  An  Act  defining  the  duties  of  the  Auditor  of  Public  Ac- 
counts and  of  the  State  Treasurer  in  certain  cases,  approved 
January  3,   1863, " 

No.  20.  Joint  Resolution  to  appoint  a  committee  of  three  from  the 
Senate  and  five  from  the  House  of  Representatives,  to  investi- 
gate the  affairs  of  the  Jackson  and  Great  Northern  Rail  Road 
Company,  approved  January  3,    1863 " 

No.  21.  An  Act  to  raise  an  army  for  the  defence  of  the  State  of  Lou- 
isiana, approved  Januar}^   3d,    1863, " 

No.  22.  An  Act  providing  for  the  further  postponement  of  the  pay- 
ment of  taxes,   approved   January  3d,  1863, April  15< 

No.  23.  An  Act  making  appropriations  for  the  general  expenses  of 
the  State  for  the  year  ending  the  31st  day  of  March,  eighteen 
hundred    and  sixty-four,    approved   January  3d,  1863, " 

No.  24.  Joint  Resolution  relative  to  exemptions,  approved  January 

3d,  1863, «' 

No.  25.  An  Act  to  make  an  additional  appropriation  of  five  tiio'us- 
and  dollars  to  pay  the  contingent  expenses  of  the  extra  session 
of  the   General  Assembly,    approved  January  3d,  1863, " 

No.  26.  Joint  Resolution  relative  to    the    payment  of  clerks  of  the 

enrolling  committee,  approved  January  3,  1863, " 

No.  27.  An  Act  providing  for   the    postponement  of  the  payment  of 

State   taxes,   approved  Januaiy  3d,  1803, " 

No.  28.  An  Act  to  appropriate  fifty  thousand  dollars  for  the  support 
of  the  Hospital  at  New  Il>eria,  or  such  other  point  as  may  be 
designated  in  the  South  Western  District  of  the  State  of  Lou-> 
isiana,  approved  January  3d,  1863, " 

No.  29.  An  Act  relative  to  public  printing,  approved  January  3d, 
1863, „.... 

No.  30.  Joint  Resolution  relative  to  the  suspension  of  Lieut.  Col. 
Y.  A.  Fournet  and  Capt.  E.  W.  Fuller  from  their  respective  com- 
mands, approved  January  3d,  1863, " 

No.  31.  An  Act  to  allow*  the  Assessor  of  the  parish  of  Vermillion 
further  time  to  complete  the  assessment,  approved  January  Sd, 
1863, .. 

No,  32.  An  Act  for  the  relief  of  the  State  Treasury,  approved  Janu- 
ary 3d,  1863, n 

No.  83.  An  Act  removing  the  Seat  of  Government,  approved  Janu- 
ary 3d,  1863, » 

No.  84.  An  Act  making  an  appropriation  for  military   purposes,  ap- 

proved  January  3d,  1863, " 

No.  35.  An  Act  to  appropriate  fifty  thousand  dollars  to  the  hospital 
at  Monroe.  La,,  for  tho  relief  of  the  sick  and  woiuided  soldiers. 


LIST  OF  ACTS  AND  RESOLUTIONS  OF  1SC2.  3 

Promulgation, 
approved  January  3d,    1 863, April  15. 

No,  36.  An  Act  to  authorize  the  police  juries  of  the  ditferent  par- 
ishes of  the  State  to  levy  and  collect  taxes  for  war  purposes, 
approved  January  3d^  1 863, " 

No.  37.  An  Act  changing  the  annual  meeting  of  the   Legislature  of 

the  State  of  Louisiana,  approved    January  3d,  1863, " 

No.  38.  An  Act  legalizing  the  acts  of  H.  M.  Labat,  L.  D.  Cosby  and 
Jno.  W.  Price,  Justices  of  the  Peace  in  and  for  the  parish  of 
Rapides,  approved  Jauuary  3d,   1S63, " 

No.  39.  An  Act  to  authorize  the  Police  Jury  of  the  parish  of  iVvoy- 
elles  to  obstruct  the  channel  of  the  Bayou  Dos  Glaizes,  approv- 
ed January  3d,  1863, «' 

No,  40.  An  Act  creating  an  additional  Jiistice  of  the  Peace  for  the 
Pineville  ward  in  the  parish  of  Rapides,  approved  January  3d, 
1863, « 

No.  41.  An  Act  to  provide  for  the  support  of  the  families  of  olliccrs, 
soldiers  and  marines,  non-conimissionod  officers  in  the  military 
and  naval  service  of  the  Confederate  States  and  of  this  State, 
being  citizens  or  residents  of  the  State  of  Louisiana,  approved 
January  3d,    1863, " 

No,  42.  An  Act  to  organize  the  Militia  for   the  defence  of  the  State, 

approved   January  3d,  1863, " 


IISTE  DES  ACTES  ET  RESOLUTION'S 

TASSES  PAR  LA  LEGISLATURE  DE  LA  LOULSIANE. 

SESSION  DE  1SG2. 


^T  ,         Promulgatiou. 

JNo.  1.  Acte  allouaut  la  somme  de  virigt^cinq  mille  piastres  pom- 
payer  les  di'penses  de  la  Session  Extraordinaire  de  I'Assernblee 
Gcinoralo  de  PEtat  de  la  Louisiane,  approuvu  le  26  doc,  1802..  Avril    8. 

'^0.  2.  Acte  relatif  a  la  prescription  des  proces  ponr  dettes  et  doin- 
mages,  approuve  le  2G  dticembre,  1862 

No  3,  Acte  autorisant   le  pienjier  clerc  du  Departenieiit  des  Terres 

Publiqncs  a  certifier  aux  documents,  approuve  le  29  dec,  1862,  " 

No.  4.  Edsoliition  Coujointe  relative  aux  Eons  Militaires,  approuve 

le  29  decembre,   1 862 " 

No.  6.  Acte   autorisant   Sam    Clark    et   ses   associiis  a   obstruer  le 

chenal  de  la  Riviere  Rouge,  approuve  le  29  decembre,  1862. ..  " 

No.  6.  Acte  pour  prendre  les  temoignages  dans  et  hors  de  I'Etat  et 
de  Parmee  de  I'Etat  et  des  Etats  Confederes,  approuve  le  30  d6- 
cembre,  1862 " 

No.  7.  Acte  pour  empeclier  la  vente  des  proprictcs  dans  cet  Etat, 
dans  les  lignes  ennemics,  pour  les  taxes,  approuve  le  30  decem- 
bre, 1862 «' 

No.  8.  Acte  relatif  aux  propriel(5s  confisqnees  ou  autremeut  appro-^ 
prides  par  les  autorites  des  Elats  Unis,  dans  cet  Etat,  approuve, 
le  30  decembre,  1862 " 

No.  9.  Acte  pour  amender  la  5e  section  d'nn  acte  intitule:  "  Acte  rela- 
tif a  ceuxqui  pratiquent  la  medeciue,"  approuve  le  16  mars  1861, 
approuve  le  30  decembre,  1862.,. " 

No.  10.  Acte  pour  autoriser  le  gouvernenr  de  PEtat  de  la  Louisiane 
a  presser  dans  le  service  de  I'Etat  des  csclaves  et  autres  piopri- 
etes  pour  les  defenses  publiquesde  I'Etat  durant  la  gucne  actuelle,  " 

approuve  le  ler  Janvier,  1 863 ". " 

No  11.  Acie  pour   fournir   un  moyeii    sommaiie  de  recouvrement  de 

possession  des  propriet(;3  contisquees,  approuve  le  2  Janvier  1863  " 

No.  12.  Kcsolution  Conjointe  relative  au  Brigadier  Gen.  J.  Trudeau, 

approuvee  le  3  Janvier,  1863 ." " 

No.  13.  Resolution  Cotjjointe  autorisant  le  gouverueur  a  payer  a 
Ursin  Jacob,  shdrif  de  la  paroisse  de  St.  Jean  Baptistc,  la  somrao 
de  six  cents  piastres,  approuvee  le  3  Janvier,  1863 '' 

No.  li.  Acte  appropriant  quatre  mille  piastres  a  Pauditeur  et  treso- 
rier,  pour    Pemploi   de  commis   additionnels    pour  numdroter  et 

signer  les  bons  du  trdsor,  approuvd  le  3  Janvier,  1863 '•' 

No.  15.  Acte  pour  venir  en  aide  a  la  Compagnie  de  Transportation 
de  la  Nouvelle-Oi leans,  la  Cote  et  Lafourche,  approuve  le  3 
Janvier,  1S63 .' '    « 


LISTE  DES  ACTE3  ET  RESOLUTIONS  DE  1SC2.  ft 

Promulgatiou. 

No.  IG.  Actc  pour  venir  en  aide  aux   Slierifs  et  aux  CiiUectcurs  des 

Taxes  d'Etat,  approuvu  le  3  jiiuvier,  18G3 Avril    8. 

No.  IT.  Acte  pour  suspendre  la  collection  due  taxes  niuiiicipales  dans 

la  cite  de  la  Nouvelle-Orleans  diirant  la  continuation  de  la  guerre  " 

actueile  entre  les  Etats  Oonfedijres  et  les  EtatsUnis,  ct  p(mr  six 

niois  au-del;"i,   appruuvc  le  3  Janvier,  18(13 " 

No.  18.  Acte  pour  venir  au  sjcours  de  Oraincl  Hinckley  &  Co.,  et 
appropiiant  deux  raille  six  cent  quatre-vingt-buit  plasties,  ap- 
prouve  le  3  iauvier,  1863 " 

No.  v.).  Acte  pour  definir  les  devoirs  de  I'Auditeur  des  Comptes  Pu- 
blic et  du  T:esorier  d'Etat,  daus  certains  cas,  approuve  le  3  Jan- 
vier, 18G3 " 

No.  20.  Kiisolulion  Conjoiute  pour  nommer  un  comite  de  Irois  du  Sii- 
uat  et  cinq  de  la  Cljan)bredes  Kepresentauts,  pour  s'enquerir  des 
alluires  de  la  Compagnie  du  Grand  Cbemin  de  Fer  du  Nord  et 
Jackson,  approuve  le  3  Janvier,   1863 " 

No.  21.  Acte  pour    lever  une  armce   pour  la  del'euse  do  I'Etat  de  la 

Louisiane,  approuve  le  3  Janvier,  1863 " 

No.  22.  Acte  pour  reculer  I'epoque  du  paiemeut  des  taxes,  approuve 

le  3  Janvier,  1863 Avril  15. 

No.  23.  Acte  faisaut  des  assignatious  de  fonds  ponr  les  depenses 
gemirales  de  I'Etat  pour  I'annoe  finissant  le  31  mars  mil-'buit-* 
cent  soixante-quatre,  approuvi;  le  3  Janvier,  18G3 " 

No,  24.  Resolution  Coujointe   relative  aux  Exemptious,  approuve  lo 

3  Janvier,  1863 " 

No.  25.  Acte  faisaut  une  allocation  additlonncllc  de  ciixj  uiille  pias- 
tres pour  payer  les  dispenses  casuellos  de  la  session  extraordi- 
naire de  I'Asseinblee  Generale,  approuve  lu  3  Janvier.  1863 " 

No.  26.  Resolution  Conjoiute   pourvoyant   au  paienient  des  commis 

de  la  Cbainbre  des  enrolemeuts,  approuve  le  3  Janvier,  1863...  " 

No.  27.  Acte  pour  reculer  I'tipoque  du  paiemeut  des  taxes  d'Etat,  ap- 
prouve le  3  Janvier,  1863 " 

N.  28.  Acte  assignant  la  somme  e'e  cinquante  millc  piastres  pour 
I'assistance  d'un  Lopital  ;\  la  Xouvclle  Iberie,  on  a  tout  autre 
endroit  qui  pourra  etre  dt-signe  dan.s  le  district  sud-ouest  de  la 
Louisiane,  approuve  le  3  Janvier,  1863 " 

No.  29.  Acte  relatif  aux   impressions  publiques,   approuve  le  3  jaU" 

vier,  1863 " 

No.  30.  Resolution  Conjoiute   relative   a  la  raise    en  non-activite  du  " 

Lieut.-Colouel  V.  A.  Fournet   et   du  Capitaine    E.  W.  Fuller  do 
leurs  commandements  respectifs,  apfirouve  le  3  Janvier,  1863. .  " 

No.  31.  Acte   pour   accorder  du   temps  a  I'assesseur   de  la  paroisse 

Vermillion,  pour  completer  ses  roles,  approuvi-  le  3  Janvier,  1863  " 

No.  32.  Acte  pour   venir  en  aide  au  tresor  de  I'Etat,  approuvu  le  3 

Janvier,  1863 " 

No.  33.  Acte  cliangeant   le   siege   du  gouvernement,   approuve  le  3 

Janvier,  1863^ , " 

No.  34.  Acte  assignant  treizo  millions  do  piastres  pour  meltre  en 
vigucur  les  actes  relatifs  a  la  milice  ct  a  Tarmt'c  de  I'Etat,  ap- 
prouve le  3  Janvier,  1863 *' 


.a  LISET  DE3  ACTES  ET  RESOLUTIONS  DE  10C2. 

Promnlgation. 

No.  ,35.  Acte  assio;nant  la  somme  de  cinqnante  mille  piastres  t\ 
I'liopital  a  Monroe,  Louisiaiie,  pour  I'assistaiice  des  soldats  ma- 
lades  ou  blesses,  approuve  le  3  Janvier,  1863 .  Avril  15, 

i^o.  36.  Acte  autorisant  les  juris  de  police  des  diil'tireiites  paroisses 
de  PEtat  a  lever  et  peryevoir  des  taxes  de  guerre,  approuve  le 
3  Janvier,  1863 " 

Kg.  37.  Acte  changeant  I'epoque  de  la  session  annuelle  de  la  legis- 
lature de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisianc,  approuve  Id  3  Janvier,  1863. .  .  " 

No.  38.  Acte  legalisaut  les  actes  de  H.  M.  Labat,  L.  I>.  CosWy  et 
Jno.  W.  Price,  juges  de  paix  de  la  paroisse  des  Kapides,^ap- 
pronve  le  3  Janvier,  1863 " 

No.  39.  Acte  autorisant  le  juri  do  police  de  la  paroisse  des  Avoyelles 
a  obstruer  le  cbenal  du  Bayou  des  Glaizes,  approuve  le  3  Jan- 
vier, 1863 " 

No.  40.  Acte  creant  un  juge    de  paix  additionnel  dans  le  district  de 

Pineville,  paroisse  des  Rapides,  approuve  le  3  Janvier,  1863...  " 

No.  41.  Acte  poiirvoyant  au  soutien  des  families  d'officiers,  sous- 
officiers,  soldats  et  raarins,  citoyens  ou  residents  de  I'Etat  de  la 
Louisiane,  et  maintenant  engages  au  service  de  terre  ou  de  nier 
des  Etats  Confederes,  approuve  le  3  Janvier,  1863 " 

No.  42.  Acte  pourvoyant  a  I'organisation  de  la  milice  pour  la  defense 

de  I'Etat,  approuve  le  3  jauvier,  18G3 " 


^BEX. 


Auditor   and  Treasurer,   for  the  cmploj'ment  of  additional  clerks  to 
number  and  sign  Treasury  Notes — An  act  appropriating  fourteen 

tlionsand  dollars  to  the Pag'C  13. 

Auditor  of  Public  Accounts  and  Stute  Treasurer   in  certain  cases — An 

act  defining  the  dnties  of  the ..... .    "     17. 

Army  for  tiie  defense  of  the  Stat<!  of  Lonisiana — An  act  to  raise  an.  . .       "      18. 
Assessor  of  the  Parish  of  Vermillion   further  time    to  complete  the  As- 
sessments— An  act  allowing  tlie "     29. 

Avoyelles    to   obstruct  the   ci)annel  of  Bayou  des  Glaizes — An  act  to 

authorize  the  police  jury  of  the  parish  of. "     33. 

Appropriations: — Of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  to  pay  the  expenses 

of  tlie  extra  session  of  the  General  Assembly "       3. 

"  Of  lour  tlunisand  dollars  to  the  Auditor  and  Treasur- 
er for  the  employment  of  additional  clerks  to  num- 
ber and  sign  Treasury  notes "     13. 

"  For  the    general    expenses  of  the    .State  during  the 

year  ending  the  31st  day  of  Mi-rcli,  1864 "     20. 

"  Additional,  of  five  thousand  dollars    to  pay  the  con- 

tingent expenses  of   the  extra  session  of  the  Geu" 

eral  Assembly .*. "     24, 

"  Of  fifty    tliousand    dollars,    for    the  support    of  the 

hospital  at  NeAv  Iberia "     26. 

"  For  military  purposes "     31. 

'•  For  hospital  at  Monroe "     31. 


Brigadier  General  J,  Trudeau — Joint  Resolution  relative  to "     12. 

Bayou  des  Glaizes — An  act  to  authorize  the  Police  Jury  of  the  parish 

of  Avoyelles  to  obstruct  the  channel  of . "     33 

o 

Confiscated  propert3' — An  act  to  provide  a  summary  remedy   for  the 

recovery  of  the  possession  of "     lU 

Contingent  Expenses  of  the  Extra  Session  of  the  General  Assembly — 
An  act  to  make  an  additional  appropriation  of  five  thousand  dol- 
lars to  pay  the "     24. 

Clerks  of  the  Enrolling  Committee — Joint  Resolution   relative  to   the 

payment  of . . ; "     25, 

Clerks  of  the  Enrolling  Committee— Joint  rctjoluliou   relative    to  lliu 


a  INDEX. 

payiiKMit  of 

C(;sl)y,  L.  1).,  If.  M.  Ijiihat  ainl  .lno.  W.  Fiict;,  JusLicfs  oC  lliu  rcaco  in 
iind  iuf  the  parish  of  iiupidfs  —  An  act  legalizing   llio  ucIh  of 


Expcn?es  of  the  Extra   Sesaion   of  the  General  Assembly — An  act  to 

appropriate  tl  e  stun  of  twent.3"-five  tlionsand  dollais  to  pay  the.  .       "       3. 

.Expenses  of  the  State  tor  the  year  ending  the  thirly-first  day  of  March, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four— An  act  making  appropriati(jns 
for  tlie  general , "     20. 

Exemptions  from  military  service — Joint  llesolulion  relative  to. ....  =       "     24. 

Fournet  and  Capt.  E.  W.  Fuller,  from  their  respective  commands — Joint 

Kesolution  relative  to  the  suspension  of  Lieut.  Col.  V.  A "     23. 

Fuller,  from  their   respective  commands — Joint  resolution    relative  to 

the  suspension  of  Lieut.  Col.  V.  A.  Fournet  and  Capt.  E.  W "     28. 

Families  of  oCScers,  soldiers  and  marines,  non-commissioned  officers  in 
the  military  and  naval  service  of  the  Confederate  States  and  of 
this  State,  being  citizens  or  residents  of  the  State  of  Louisiana — An 
act  to  provide  lor  the  support  of  the "     35. 


Governmcut-^An  act  removing  the  scat  of. 


Hospital  at  New  Iberia,  or  such  other  point  as  may  be  designated  in 
the  South-Western  District  of  the  State  of  Loitisiana — An  act  to 
appropriate  fifty  thousand  dollars  for  the  support  of  the "     2G. 

Hospital  at  Monroe,  La.,  for  the  relief  of  the  sick  and  wounded  sol- 
diers— An  act  to  appropriate  fifty  thousand  dollars  to  the "     31. 


Impress  into  the  service  of  the  State,  slaves  and  other  property,  for 
the  public  defences  of  the  State  during  the  present  war — An  act 
to  authorize  the  Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana  to "     10. 


Jackson  and  Great  Northern  RaiUEoad  Company — Joint  Resolution  to 
apppoint  a  Committee  of  three  from  the  Senate    and  five  from   the 

House  of  Representatives,  to  investigate  the  affairs  of  the "     17. 

Justice  of  tlie  Peace  for    the  Pineville  Ward,  in  the  parish  of  Rapides 

■ — Au  act  creating  an  additional "     34. 


Lauda,  to  certify  documents — Au  act  to  autiioii^c   the  Chief  Clerk  of 


•1 

,       the  Dcpaitrnout  uf  public   i'at^'C    i. 

Legislaliire  of  tlie  iState  of  Loiiisiaua — Au  Act  djaugiu-^   tbc  annual 

meeting   of  the "     •^'^ 

L'abat,  L.  D.  Cosby  and  J  no.  W.  Price,  Justices  of  the   Peace  i^  ami 

ior  the  parish  of  Ptapides — An  Act  legalizing  the  acts  of  il.  M. .  . .       "     3^ 

Military  bounty — Joint  Resolution  relative  to •  •  •  Piigo     1. 

Medicine,  approved  March  16th,  18GI— An  act  to  amend  the  5th  section 

of  an  act,  entitled:  "  An  act  relative  to  the   practitioners  of "     lU. 

Municipal  taxes  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans  during  the  continuance  of 

the  war   between   the  Confederate  States  and  the  United  States, 

and  for  six  montlis  thereafter — An  act  to  suspend  the  collection  ot      "     lo. 

Military  purposes  —An  Act  making  an  appropriation  for "     31- 

Monroe,  La.,  for  the  relief  of  tiie  sick  and   wounded  soldiers — An  Act 

to  appropriate  Gfty  thousand  dollars  to  the  iKjspital  at "     -^l- 

Militia  for   the  defence  of  the  State — An  Act  to  organize  the ''     <iC- 

IVO" 

New  Orleans,  Coast  and  Lafourche  Transportation  Company — Au  act 

for  the  relief  of  the "     I-*- 

New  Iberia,  or  such  other  point  as  may  be  d<.'signated  in  the  South 
Western  District  of  the  State  of  Louisiana — An  Act  to  appropri-- 
ate  fifty  thousand  dollars  for  the  support  of  the  Hospital  at "     2G. 


Oramel  Hinckley  &,  Co.,  and  appropriating  two  thousand  six  hundred 
and  eighty-eight  dollars — An  act  for  Ibe  relief  of 

Prescription  of  actions  of  debts  and  damages — An  act  relative  to  tlie... 
Public  lands  to  certify  documents — Au  act  to  authorize  tlie  chief  clerk 

of  ihe  Department  of 

Property  in  this  State  within   the  enemy's  lines,  for  taxes — An  act  to 

prohibit  the  sale  of 

Properly  confiscated  or  otherwise  disposed  of  by  the  authorities  of  the 

Uuited^States  in  this  State — Au  act  relative  to. 

Printing — Au  act  relative  to  public •• . . 

Police  Juries  of  the  differeut  parishes  to  levy  and  collect  taxes  for  war 

purposes — An  act  to  authorize  tlie 

Parishes  of  the  State  to  levy  and  collect  taxes  for  war  purposes — An 
act  to  authorize  the  police  juries   of  the  different 

Price,  Justices  of  the  Peace  in  and  for  the  parish  of  llapides — Au  act 
legalizing  the  acts  of  L.  D.  Cosby,  H.  M.  Labat  and  Juo.  W 

Police  Jury  of  the  parish  of  Avoyelles  to  obstruct  the  channel  of  tho 
Bayou  Dcs  Gluizcs — Au  Act  to  aulhurizo  the 


16. 

3. 
4. 


27. 

32. 
33. 


4  INDEX. 

:e=l 

Red  "River — An  act  to  authorize  Sam  Clark  and  bis  associates  to  ob- 
struct the  channel  of Page    5, 

Rapides — An  act  creating  an  additional  Justice   of  the  Peace  for  the 

Pineville  ward  in  the  parish  of "     34, 


Sheriffs  and  State  Tax  Collectors — An  act  for  the  relief  of. "  15. 

State  Trpnsurer,    in  certain  cases— An  act   defining  the  duties  of  the 

Auditor  of  Public  Accounts  and  of  the "  It 

State  Taxes — An  act  providing  for  the  postponement  of  the  payment  of  "  25. 

State  Tr(^asury — An  act  for  the  relief  of  the , "  29. 

Seat  of  Government — An  act  removing  the "  30. 

Testimony  in  and  out  of  the  State  and  the  army  of  the  State  and  Con^ 

federate  States — An  act  to  take "  T. 

*^'"q surer  for  the  employment  of  additional  clerks  to  number  and  sign 
1  reasury    notes — An   act  appropriating  four  thousand  dollars  to 

the  AudUor  and "  13. 

TuxHs — An  act  providing  for  the  further  postponement  of  the  payment  of  "  20. 

Taxes — An  act  providing  for   the  postponement  of  the   payment  of 

State •'  25. 

Treasury — An  act  for  the  relief  of  the  State. "  29. 


Ursin  Jacob,  Sheriff  of  the  parish  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  the  sum  of 
six  hundred  dollars — A  Joint  Resolution  authorizing  the  Governor 
to  pay , ''     13. 

Vermillion  further  time  to  complete  the  Assessment — An  act  to  allow 

the  Assessor  of  the  parish  of "    29. 


INDEX. 


j9l 

Auditenr  et  ti'Jsoricr,  pour   I'cmploi   de  commis  adclit^onnel^3  ponr  nu- 
niiiiotcr   et   signer   les  bons   du  triisor — Acte  appropriant  quatro 

mille  piastres  a  1'. ^, • V^S^  13. 

Audi  tear  des  Comptes  Publics   et  du  Tresoricr   d'Etat,   dans   certains 

cas — Acte  pour  di'finir  les  devoirs  de  P "     IT. 

Arm'Je    pour  la  defense  do  I'Etat  de  laLcuisiane — Acte  pour  lever  une      "     18. 
Assemblce  (iunerale — Acte  faisant  une  allocation  additionnelle  de  cinq 
mille  })i:tstres    pour  payer  les  dcpenses   casuelles   de  la  session 

extraordinaire  de  1' "     24. 

Assesseur   de  la  paroissc  Vermillion,   pour  complotcr  ses  roles — Acte 

pour  accordcr  du   temps  a  1' ;    "     29. 

Avoytilles  a  obstrner  le  ciienal  du  Bayou  des  Glaizes — Acte  autorisant 

le  juri  do  police  de  la  paroisse  des "     33. 

Appropriations: — De  vingt-cinq  mille  piastres  pour   subvenir  au  paie- 
ment  des    diipcnscs  de    la  session    extraordinaiie  de 

I'Assembleo  Generale '■       3. 

"  De  quatre  mille    piastres,    a  PAuditeur  et  au  Trcsorier 

d'Etat,  pour  employer  des  commis  additionnels  pour 

numeroter  ct  signer  les  bons  du  tresor "     13, 

"  Pour  les    d(''peiiRC8    gtinerales   de  I'Etat  clurant  Paunee 

e.xpirant  le  31  mars,  18G4 "     20. 

"  Additionnelles,  de  cinq  mille  piastres  pour  subTcnir  au 
paienient  des  dcpenses  casuelles  de  la  session  extra- 
ordinaire de  PAssemblce  Gentjiale "     24. 

"  De  cincinantc  mille  piastres,  pour  Pentretieu  de  Phopital 

a  la  Nouvelle-Iberie "     20. 

"  Pour  des  objets  militaires "     31. 

"  Pour  Phopital  a  Monroe "     31. 


Bons   Militaires — Reso'ution  Conjointe  relative  aux *'       4. 

Biens  confistju^ies — Acie  pour  fournir  un  moyeu  sommaire  de  recouvre- 

mcnt  (le  possession  des "     11. 

Bayou  des  Glaizes — Acte  autorisant  le  juri  de  police  de  la  paroisse  des 

Avoyelles  a  obstruer  Ic  clieual  du "     33. 

Oollecteurs  des  Taxes  d'Etat — .\cte  pour  vcnir  en  aide  anx  Sl)(;rifs  et 

aus, , "     15. 


a.  INDEX. 

Cliemin  dc  For  an  Nord  ei  Jackson — Kesolution  Conjoinlo  pour  nnm- 
rner  uu  comitd  dc  trois  du  Senat  et  ciuq  de  la  Clianibro  des' licpvu- 
senlants,  pour  ^'enqiKirii-  de8  aHaiies  de  la  Conipagiiie   du   Grand  Page  It. 

Coinmis  de  la  Cliambre  des  eniulemeuts — Hesohitiou    Coujtjinte   pour- 

voj'ant  au  paiement  des "     25. 

Cosby  t;t  Jno.  W.  Price,  jng'os  dc  paix  de    la  paroisse    des  Rapides — 

Acte  l('ga]isant    les  "actes    de"  II.  M.  Labat,  L.  ]► "     33. 


I)e'ponRes  de  la  Session  Extraordinaire  de  I'.Asscmbloe  Gdnc'ralo  de 
I'Etat  de  la  Loiiisianc — Acte  alicniant  la  soniiiie  de  vingt^ciuq 
niille    piastres    pour  p;iyer  les -       "       3. 

Ddpenses  gdndrales  de  I'Etat  pour  I'annde  finissant  le  31  mars  miU 
buit-cent  soixante-(|'iatre^ — Acte  t'aisant  des  assignations  dc  tends 
pour  les '..... "     20. 

Ddpenses  casuelles  de  la  session  extraordinaii'c  de  I'Asseniblde  G(mk> 
'  rale--v*  cte  faisant  utie  allocation  additionnelle  de  cinq  inille 
jjiastrcs  ponr  payer  les "     2-1. 


ExcmptioTis— Pdsolution  Gonjoinie    relative  nux "     2i. 


Fournct  et  du  Capitaine  E.  W.  Fuller  de  leurs  commandements  res- 
pectifs — Pcisolution  Coniointe  relative  alami^e,en  non-activitd 
du  Lieut.-Colonel  V.  A.  ^. .......  ...' ..'.! "     28. 

Fuller,  de  leurs  coninianden)ents  respectits — Rdsolutioii  QoTijr,iiite  reta- 
il la  mise    en  non-acti'vfle   du    Lieut, -Colonel  V.  A,  Foii.rnet  et  du 

Capitaine    E.  W..\.. '.Ji... ■....'...' "     28. 

Families  d'oflSciers,  sous  filKcieVs,  soldats  et  marins,  citpyens.ou  rdsi- 
dputs  de  I'Etat  de  la  Lonisiane,  et  mainlenant  eiigag<!S  au  service 
de  terre  ou'  de  nier  des  Etats  Contdddrd^ — Acte  pbarvoyant  au 
.soutien 'des'.'. .'.' ^ '.' "     35. 


Gonvernement — x\.cte  changeant.  Ic  siege  dn. "     30. 

IJopital  a  la  Xouvelle  Eu'srie,  nu  a  tout  autre  endroit  qui  pouri'a  etre 
ddsignediins  b^  district  snd-ouest  de  laLouisiane — Acte  assi/,iiant 
la  8omme  ..e  ciiKjuante   niille    piastres  pour  Passisttinee  d'un .       "     26, 

Ilopital  a  Menro'>,  Lonisiane,  pour  I'assistance  des  soldats  malades  ou 
blesses — Acte  assignant  la  somme  de  cincjuante  miUe  piastres 
a  r '. "     31, 


Lnpressions  puLliques — Acte  relatif  aux "     2T. 


ixbe::.  3, 

.Xiirin  (j3  police  dos  rlifTtJrentGs  paroisscs    do  I'Elat  ;i  lever  et  pcr9Cvoir 

"des  taxes    de  guerre — Acte  autorisant   les Page  32. 

Jnge   de    paix  additioiinel    dans  le  district   de  Pineville,  paroisse  des 

Eapides — Acte  creaiit  un » "     34. 

Juri  de  police    de    la  paroisse    des  Avoyelles  a  obstrner    lo   chenal  du 

Bayou  des  Glaizes — Acte  autorisant  le "     33. 

Ldgi:Uature  de  TEtat  de  la  Louisiane — Acte  cliangeant   Tupoqiie  de  la 

session  anniieUe  cVe  la "     32, 

Labat,  L.  1).  Cosby  et  Jno.  W.  I'rice,  juges  de  paix  de  la  paroisse  des 

Rapides — Acte  Icgalisant  les  actes  de  11.  M "     33, 

3^ 

Medccine,"  appronvii  lo  16  mars  ISGl— Acte  pour,  amender  la  5e  section, 

d'uii  acte  iutitulc:  "  Acte  relatit  a  cnnx  qui  pratiqn.cnt  la "     1,Q. 

Milice  et  a  I'armi'e  de  I'Etat-^Acte  assiguant  treize  millions  de  piastres 

pour  mettre  en  vigueur  les  aetes  relatifs  a  la "     31. 

Monroe,  Lonisiauc,  poifr  I'assistance  des  soldals  malades  on  blesses — 

Acte  assii^nant  la  somme  d<!  cinqnaiite  nnlic  pinstrcs  a  I'liopital  a  "  £1. 
Milice  pour  la  ibilcnse  de  I'Elat — Acte  pourvovant  a  I'org'anisation  de 

la '. ' «...       "     3C, 

Nouvelle-Orlf'ans,    la  Cote   et   Lafourche — AiCte  pour  venir  en  aide  :v 

la  Compag-uie  de  Transportation  de  la ".,    1^, 

Nouvelle-OrleaMS  durant  la  continuation  de  la  guerre  acti-;plle  eT)tre  les. 
Etats  Confed(ir<;g  et  les  ICtats  Unis,  et  pour  six'.mpis  a^rdela — A<;te 
pour  snspendre  la  collection  des  taxes  municipales  dansla  citt'-dela      "     15, 

l*>ouvelle-Ib('iie,  ou  a  tout  autre  endroit  qui  pourra  etre  dc^igni'  dans 
le  district  sud-ouest  de  lajjoui.siane — Aete  assignant  la  somme 
de  cinquanle    niille  piastres  pour    le  soulien  d'un  hopital  a_la....      "     26. 

o 

Qraniel   IIinnl;loy  &  Co.,  et  nppropriant   deux   mille   six  cent  qtiatre- 

vingt-Liuit  piastres — Acte  pour  venir  au  s2cours  de "     1^. 

Prescription  des  procr^  pour  dettoset  doninfi^ages.     Acte  relatif  a  la. .       "       3.. 
IJropriottis    dans    c(;t  Ktat,    dans    les  lignes  enueniics,  pour  les  taxes. 

Acte  pour  empecher    la   vente   des "       7. 

Propriiitcs  confisquces    on  avitrement  apprppriees  par  les  autoriltis  des 

Etats  Uiiis,  dans  cet  ijtat^     A/ite  relfitif  anx  *'       8. 

Paroisses  de  I'Etat  a  lever  et  percevoir  des  taxes  de  guerre.     Acte  au- 
ijresser  dans  le  service  de  I'Etat  des  esclaves  et  autres  pioprietes  pour 
les  defenses  publiques    de  I'Etat  dnrant  la  gurrie  actuelle.     Acte 
pour  au'oriser  le  gouvcrneur  de  I'Etat  de  la  Louisiane  a "     10., 


4  INDEX 

torisant  Jes  Juris  d'c  Police  des  diffdrcntes Pag-e  P.2i. 

Price,  JLigea  do  paix  do  la  paroisse   des  Kapides.     Acte  Icj^'alisant  les 

actes  de  11.  U.  Labat,  Jj.  D.  Cusby  et  Julm  W "     sa. 

Riviere  Rotige.     Acte  autorisant  Sara  Clark  et  sos  associea  a  obstruer 

le  chcual  de  la. , "       5. 

Rapides.     Acte  crcant  i;in  juge  de  paix  additionnel  dans   le  district  de 

Piueville,  parois&e  des . .  - , ^ , "     34. 

Slierifs  et  coUccteura  des  taxes  cl'Etat.     Acte  pour^venir  en  aide  aus...      "     15 

T 

Terres  Publiques  b>  certifier  aux;  dovcuments,     Acte  autoi'isant   le   pre- 

mier  clerc  du  Dcpartoment  des ,      "       4. 

Temoigriages  dans  et  ijors  de  I'Etat  et  de  Parniee  de  I'Etat  et  des  Etats 

Cuiifedcres.     Acte  ponr  prendre  les.. "        Y. 

Tnideau.     Kcsoliition.  Conjointe  relative  an  Brigadier  Gen.  J "     12. 

Trt'soricr,  pour  Teraploi  de  coramis  additionnels  pour  numeroter  et  si- 
gner les  bons  du  tresor.  Acte-  appropriant  quatre  mille  piastres 
a  I'auditeur  et "     13. 

Tresorier  d'Etat   dans  certains  cas..     Acte  pour  dtiUnir  les    devoirs  de 

I'Auditeur  des  comptes  publics  ©■t  di.i.. "     IT. 

Taxes.     Acte  poi;ir  reculer  I'epoque  du  paieraent  des •. . .       "     20. 

Taxes  d'Etat.     Acte  pour  reculer  IVpoque  du  paiemeat  des "     25. 

Tresor  de  I'Etat.     Acte  pour  veuii"   en  aide  au "     29. 

TT 

Ursin  Jacob,  sherif  d(e>  la  parojsse  de  St.  Jean  Baptiste,.  la  somme  de  six 
cents  piastres.  Resolution  Conjointe  autorisant  le  gouverneur 
ii  payer  a "     13,. 

Yermillion  pour  completer  ses  roles.     Acte  pour  accorder  du  temps  a 

I'Assesseur  de  la  paroisse ..^ ., "'    2.^. 


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